Embroiled in an embarrassing scandal, the head of entertainment group Apsara, the local owners of the Miss India Worldwide franchise, this week attempted to salvage its reputation but continued to dodge the facts.Responding to a Kaieteur News article which exposed Lucria Rambalak as responding to questions in the Indian media as if she had won the Miss India Worldwide pageant, (which was actually won by Alana Rambarran), Apsara attempted to cover up what happened.“At no point in the interview did Lucria Rambalak claim to be or to even be representing Ms. Seebarran, nor was she wearing any label,NFL Cheap Jerseys, tag, or paraphernalia to suggest as much. “When she answered questions with regard to a contest and competition, albeit somewhat interchangeably, it was on her pageant experience as Miss India Guyana,Cheap Jerseys From China, and a Miss Guyana Second runner up prizewinner,” Apsara owner Chandini Ramnarain who is also Rambalak’s sister claimed.However, that is far from what the actual interview shows, with Ms Rambalak clearly acknowledging that she had “won” a pageant,wholesale jerseys, when she never did,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, neither locally, nor at the international level.At least two journalists preempted their questions by saying that Lucria Rambalak had won the Miss India Worldwide pageant, believing that she was the actual winner of the pageant and was so presented to be interviewed.Before asking the first question, a journalist first congratulated Lucria, saying that, “First of all you won Miss India (Worldwide).”Then another journalist follows on, asking, “You won the contest, so how do you feel?”After that question, Ms Rambalak proceeded to answer as if she was the actual winner.Lucria responded: “Well, you know, it’s a dream for every woman to be in a beauty pageant who ‘wins’ the pageant and it was really inspiring with everyone that was around me, you know the crowd appeal , the support that was there, so it was truly amazing to be at in one for my country and for Guyana.”Her response puts her as claiming to be the winner and in the other questions she answered she spoke of her dreams of entering Bollywood, India’s prolific film industry.Past winners and participants in the international Miss India Worldwide pageants have been known to land roles in Bollywood. That was also the dream of the real winner of the Miss India Worldwide pageant, Alana Rambarran.The founder of Apsara, Mrs Ramnarain said that it “defies logic and basic common sense that Apsara would fraudulently represent Ms. Rambalak as Ms. Seebaran, and in the public domain of all places, when such a misrepresentation would inevitably cast a shadow upon our enterprise, as even this mistaken misrepresentation has,Wholesale NBA Jerseys China,” she stated.In fact, Mrs Ramnarain had initially told Kaieteur News that she never expected the interview to be exposed on the internet.When Kaieteur News official learnt of the YouTube video and contacted Mrs Ramnarain she said that she was standing right there when the interview was being done. She said that the journalists made a mistake in thinking that Lucria was the real winner of the Miss India Worldwide pageant.However,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Mrs Ramnarain said that she did not stop the journalists, and neither did Lucria. Further, she said that Lucria decided to go ahead with the interview even when she knew the journalists believed she was the queen, and had hoped that the video would have been edited. But those who conducted the interview were never informed about the facts, Mrs Ramnarain had acknowledged.Mrs Ramnarain further contended that Apsara’s trip to India was a multipurpose visit, one of which was Ms. Seebaran’s trip as part of the package provided by a private sponsor, as negotiated by Apsara Entertainment.“Ms. Seebarran cannot therefore imply that Rambalak’s presence on that trip either infringed upon or usurped her own entitlements, all of which she has received in full – Ms. Seebarran’s activities as Miss India Guyana/Miss India Worldwide come under the aegis of Apsara Entertainment, and not vice versa.”Even while refusing to admit that Ms Rambalak led journalists to believe she was the winner of Miss India Worldwide and even acknowledging that she had won the pageant when she did not, Mrs Ramnarain still claimed that Apsara is rooted in “basic integrity.”The actual winner of the pageant has expressed “hurt” at what transpired.“When this video was brought to my attention I was very hurt to hear somebody speaking about an achievement that I had worked so hard for,” Seebarran told Kaieteur News when contacted for comment.“It was a privilege and an h