JustinSky wrote:This what a friend mentioned to me if Carousel will still push for another virtual pageant some NDs will not join. It is too much for them to pay without getting something in return. It is like paying for goods and services without receiving goods and services at all.
Also some crowned queens are already in talks with their NDs expressing their non participation if it is really virtual.
The one I highlighted in red is debatable. Unless it's the girl who paid for the franchise herself and pays all his trip and expenses to join the pageant by herself then that statement is untrue. If the ND is paying all of them, the return of the goods or investment is already received through the sponsorship and income from the mounting of the national pageant to select a ME rep. So in effect, if they hold the National pageant and do not send a rep to ME, then they get all the money to themselves without sharing their dues to the franchise owner. That is how franchising works. That's is actually a betrayal to the business-owner-franchisee relationship and can be considered fraud.
If the girl refuses to join, it is her prerogative but the organization has to send a replacement or run the risks of losing the franchise. That's the reason I guess France still send a replacement to the pageant since the main winner is not keen on joining a virtual one.