Miss Earth Panama 2023 did not go to an international competition

The current Miss Earth Panama 2023, Nicole Castillero, provoked a series of comments after posting a video on her social networks, blaming the Universal Panama Organization for not agreeing to send her to the Miss Earth 2023 international pageant, leaving her to her fate.

Nicole Castillero says she prepared for five months preparation and they left her as they say for good Panamanian, dressed up and upset about nothing. She had to participate in the final competition of Miss Earth 2023, which will be held this Friday, December 22, in Vietnam.

The beauty became famous for her recent participation in the Miss Universe pageant and the partner of influencer José Pelaez.

“Today, two days before the final, I decided to break my silence,” he said. She was crowned on last August 2 to represent Panama in the competition.

In the said video, he said that he had to travel further last November 25but “despite multiple calls and messages to the organization, I have not received a response regarding the purchase of the (air) ticket, changing rooms, itineraries and luggage that I would need to represent Panama,” he said.

He states that it was not until November 28 that she was notified that she would be traveling on the 30th, at 6:00 a.m., a notification that left her only 24 hours to prepare her luggage and details for a 23-day international competition itinerary.

“Improvisation of the organization buy a plane ticket online, they were not aware of the necessary policy and documentation that would be required for one of the stopovers, which would last 27 hours in Taiwan. This meant that when I arrived at the airport (Tocumen) with my suitcases, belt, crown and flag, Copa Airlines agents wouldn’t let me board the flight. They themselves told me that I could apply for a visa online, which I immediately did,” he said, but despite this, he could not travel.

Long story short, Taiwan issued him a visa three days later, but the organization pretended not to know much about the subject. The worst thing for her is that she found out last week that the organizers of Panameña Universal are not in the country because they traveled to her native Venezuela without informing her.

The young woman clarifies that she never gave up the title or He gave up the trip even though he is at the airport, and in the days that followed before, as she says, the “sudden disappearance of the organizer”, she was asked if she was still willing to travel. “, He said.

After this mess, Universal Panama Organization published a statement through his Instagram stories in which he explains that as an organization he owes no explanation to anyone because “for the last five years it has been working with the money of its directors without receiving financial assistance from any natural person, private entity. or governmental institution”.

“As long as we know how much has been done to help our queen get it Plane ticket, and all the meetings we attend together to achieve that goal are more than enough for us. To those who give their opinion without knowing what kind of work everyone is doing, both in the name of our queen and in the name of our organization, we advise them to learn that in every story everyone has their own reason and not a reason. We also don’t need to justify anything; If it is our Queen’s wish to hold us responsible for her non-participation, knowing what happened at the airport and the airline’s reasons for not letting her board,” the statement read.

They confirm that once Queen, She has to cover her expenses, although in this case they covered the franchise investment and helped her get the ticket. “Once we missed a flight, knowing we were in the Christmas season and it couldn’t be reactivated for other dates, it was completely in our hands.”

The statement ends with yes Panama Universal will not provide any other clarifications on this topic and that by closing this chapter they have made the decision not to continue working with beauty pageants in Panama.