HYDERABAD: Miss England Milla-Mai Magee has decided to quit the Miss World pageant being held in Telangana, India. She announced her withdrawal from the competition after making serious allegations against the organisers. Milla accused the organisers of treating the contestants like showpieces. In an interview with The Sun Magazine, she said the contestants were being treated like items for sale.

"There were two girls to each table of six guests. We were expected to sit with them for the whole evening and entertain them as a thank you. I found that unbelievable. I remember thinking, ‘This is so wrong’. I didn’t come here to be farmed out for people’s entertainment. Miss World is supposed to have the same values, but it’s outdated and stuck in the past," she said.

Milla further said that she had expected a competition that also measured intelligence, but instead, she felt like she was made to sit there “like a performing monkey.” She added that she felt personally uncomfortable continuing there and that at one point, she even felt 'like a prostitute'.

Meanwhile, the Miss World organisers have denied the allegations. They claimed Milla-Mai Magee cited personal reasons for her withdrawal and did not mention any of the accusations publicly to them.