Hyderabad: A senior IAS officer from Telangana has conducted an inquiry and said that there is no evidence behind Miss England Milla Magee’s allegations of mismanagement at the Miss World 2025 pageant being held in Hyderabad.
Magee withdrew from the contest midway, citing family reasons. Once back in the UK, she alleged that she was made to feel ‘like a prostitute’ at the event, the environment of which did not align with her expectations of ‘beauty with a purpose’.
Miss World CEO Julia Morley had refuted the allegations from the start. “Earlier this month, Milla Magee requested to leave the competition due to a reported family emergency involving her mother’s health. As a mother and grandmother herself, Julia Morley CBE, Chairwoman of Miss World, responded to Milla’s situation with compassion and immediately arranged her return to England, placing the well-being of the contestant and her family first,” a statement released by the organisers on Saturday said.
Morley said that the statements made by Magee regarding her experience in India are “false and defamatory.”
“These claims are completely unfounded and inconsistent with the reality of her time with us,” Morley said.
Following Magee’s departure, Charlotte Grant, the first runner-up of Miss England, stepped in to represent her country.
The issue took a political turn though with BRS Working President K T Rama Rao demanding an impartial and thorough investigation into the “allegations of harassment” made by Magee on Sunday.
Noting that Telangana has a rich culture of respecting and venerating women, Rama Rao said “such an incident” is profoundly distressing.
The Telangana government appointed Jayesh Ranjan, a special chief secretary, to probe the matter. He said that he has completed his probe and found no evidence to support Magee’s claims.
