theduchess1 wrote:Abi, ok i understand that Amy is a friend of yours and you want to defend her character but what you are saying is wrong especially with the Blacksheep/Katie Price incident... All the contestants on that show were fully aware from the outset that if they win then they would have to sign exclusively to the label. This would also imply that any prizes for the winner would be based on the winner signing to the label. Amy refused to sign to the label because she didn't get famous overnight and complained that Blacksheep/Katie Price did not fulfil their promises yet she fell out with the label before the show had even aired. You can expect to become famous overnight when the reality show you won had not even been aired therefor that "stepping-stone" had not yet been put in place. Instead Amy went out to slag off the show calling it a complete joke, slag off the label, and slag off Katie Price all publicly selling her stories to the media for a quick fix of fame!
Also with regards to Vibe - Vibe did deserve a cut of I'm a celebrity commission as she went in as Miss Universe GB that what qualified her as a “celebrity”. All the MUGB winners in the past have been tied to Vibe's agency for the year they are Miss GB. Again its much like the Blacksheep story... You simply can't use a brand as a pedestal and then try rewrite the rules when it suits! If she has won Miss Universe then she would have been tied to Trump's agency and the same would have applied! Again now that she is signed with ModelsOne they take commission regardless of whether the "work" is sourced yourself or give by the agency. Thats just how it works! As you speculate that "Vibe obviously didn't win their case" - this is irrelevant as the fact of the matter being Amy's behaviour was not decent and she did not respect the normal “laws of agency”.
Another very important item i forgot to mention in my original post was Miss Asia Pacific World controversy that Amy created. This article that she sold to several British tabloids was so derogatory about the pageant industry as a whole as some articles didn't mention the name of the pageant but just generalised with "the dark side of pageants". In these articles Amy basically point blank accused Miss Venezuela of prostituting herself and disappearing with various organisers in order to win the talent award! She also implied that every contestant that won an award or did well in the overall placements was swapping sexual favours (prostitution) for those awards/titles in the contest…. As i said these media article did not distinguish between the various pageants and instead generalised that ALL pageants have this “dark side”. Is this what you would call a "baloney" story? Because it came straight from the horses mouth and onto Google!! Again i didn't recall reading any other scandals from other contestants... nope just Amy again!
You imply that i am rude to mention Amy’s ex boyfriend and this is her private life and its no ones business…. i’m sorry but that is crazy as Amy constantly makes her private life public business… in the last 7days alone there have been 4 MailOnline articles about her private life either getting close to some guy in St Tropez to going on a date with some guy in London. Seemingly she more than happy and encouraging to be photographed and have the media speculate on her love life.
My whole point of my post was because I’m sure that the pageant community on this site does not follow british tabloids so are seemingly surprised that Amy was not handing over the crown and probably unaware of her history of causing controversy which in my opinion (and i don’t stand alone) just to gain news columns. Also Amy’s actions have given Pageants in the UK and contestants who enter them a bad reputation suggesting they are all self-indulgent selfish girls who are just after a bit of fame, a rich and/or celebrity boyfriend and a lot of scandal!
You also say that i haven’t posted since 2012 and have only chosen to post “derogatory” things about Amy and a little on Supranational and suggest that this is sinister and “not remotely suspicious”…. Obviously i only follow these pageants when a good friend of mine enters them and want to help support and promote her in these pageants… why is that “suspicious”? MANY people on this site are only here to promote their friends, family, even themselves etc etc thats just normal behaviour! In the past i have never made any nasty/derogatory comments about the various winners or other contestants even though i thought my girlfriend should have done better because thats not a nice thing to do…. Amy Willerton the other had is a totally different kettle of fish because if you follow the MailOnline as i do then you will see many articles about her on a monthly basis and you see the comments/public opinion of her which in whole isn’t very complimentary! It is this that makes me so angry!! Again as i said above the pageant community on this site does not follow British press so are unaware of these scandals and public opinion! And with your help jump to accuse Vibe mistreating Amy in some way which really is not the case!
Amy had the opportunity to really promote pageants in a good light in the UK and get other people interested in them and get corporations wanting to sponsor them etc etc… what she has done is the exact opposite not only lowering public opinion of herself but of the whole pageant industry ….. This is very disappointing to say the least!
1) The issues with the prizes happened as the show was airing and immediately after. I doubt those prizes would have materialised whoever won, so to say it was because Amy fell out with Black Sheep is ridiculous. The show was a flop, the ratings were absolutely dismal to the point the media took a while to cotton on to who Rylan even was when he showed up on the X Factor.
2) If Vibe didn't set up any of the negotiations for Amy to compete in I'm A Celebrity, then legally they had NO right to any cut of the earnings she made from it. She wasn't exclusively managed by them, and they had no part in the negotiations. Amy went in as Miss Universe GB, but she probably would have went in as a Model, had she not won that particular title. That's the ONLY link to Vibe and it wasn't one that stood up in court, as their legal team found out when Amy challenged their claim.
3) The media twist things, including the Mail Online. Unless you hear it from Amy's mouth, especially regarding Miss APW, take it with a pinch of salt. There are still videos on youtube showing the confrontations with the Pageant Organisers if you want to watch it yourself
4) I said I wouldn't comment on Amy's love life as it's not my place to - even if she does happen to be papped with a man on a date or a holiday, it's still not my place to comment. She wouldn't do that to me, so I wouldn't do it to her.
5) Actually, the vast majority of people use this forum to follow PAGEANTS. Yes, some have a particularly nationalistic agenda or do have ties to certain contestants, but they don't go round making derogatory remarks about others, especially those who have done so well for themselves. Oh, and the MailOnline comments section is NOT the kind of place to judge someone's popularity. The people who comment there couldn't be happy and upbeat if you put them in a rainbow painted room full of fluffy puppies...
I won't be drawn into a debate about Amy's character or what has gone on, but all I will say in closing is that your opinion is formed on biased media coverage. Mine is formed on a friendship