Days after an Islamic group staged a
protest
against the organizers of the 2013 Miss World pageant, demanding that
the pageant should not be held in Jakarta as it runs against their
culture, the pageant organizers have been forced to move the final of
the pageant to Bali - where they said today that it would be
'impossible' to stage the finale there, because of the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where world
leaders and thousands of officials are expected to attend. The summit
begins at
the beginning of October while the pageant is scheduled to take place
on September 28.
“I
think people can appreciate how complex it would be to move everything
to Bali. Just getting the venue and all the
accommodation is impossible with APEC here" Nana Putra, executive director of organizer, told AFP.
The Miss World organizers have said they have no plans to cancel this
year's event, vowing to petition Indonesian authorities to move the
event back to
Java. But also said they would use a back up venue in Indonesia if
authorities don't change their mind.
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