She said the recent allegations raised by the contestant who said that she was molested by a politician who is a member of the organising committee came as a shock to many.
Kitingan said they empathise with the contestant, especially considering what she might have gone through and what she is going through at the moment. “We even organised a talk on sexual harassment via Zoom, ” Kitingan said, adding that the idea of women being out on stage paraded as objects, stared at, bullied or taken advantage of were not part of tradition.