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Wed 21 Jul, 2004 05:33 pm
BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese court has rejected a lawsuit by a woman against the organizer of a pageant that refused to let her participate after finding out she had intensive cosmetic surgery, state media reported.
A Beijing district court turned down 18-year-old Yang Yuan's demand for 50,000 yuan (6,020 dollars) from the organizer of the event, shrugging off her claim she had suffered "emotional damage," Xinhua news agency said.
The organizer, Beijing Tianjiu Weiye Culture and Media Co., had indeed called her a "man-made beauty" in its note to her explaining why she had been kicked out of the Miss Intercontinental Contest, the court said.
But the term "man-made beauty" is so widely used that it would be unreasonable for Yang to argue it had hurt her feelings, it said.
Yang spent 110,000 yuan and went under the knife 11 times to achieve looks worthy of this year's title of Miss Intercontinental, previous reports said.
However, the organizers of the contest spotted her in a "before-and-after" advertisement for cosmetic surgery, and decided to disqualify her.
In general, a bit of plastic surgery is permissible in contests, but Yang was different because she had changed her face completely, organizers argued.
HK high-roller 'cheats' new Macau casino out of 3.8 mln dlrs
HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong gambler has allegedly cheated a new American-owned casino in Macau out of 30 million HK dollars (3.8 million US dollars) while playing baccarat.
The alleged deception took place over several days last week and only emerged after Sands casino officials detected abnormal winning streaks at several tables frequented by the suspect and his accomplice, a report cited unnamed sources as saying.
After viewing security video footage, the casino's management decided to block a cheque issued to the suspect, who later made a complaint to Sands that he was unable to cash it in.
The man, surnamed Wong, was said to have been detained by police but released on bail.
The South China Morning Post said at least one senior executive at the casino had been fired over the "highly embarrassing" incident.
Police in Macau said they had no knowledge of the arrest and Sands spokesman Alpha Padilla refused to comment on the case.
According to the Post, the gambler had been barred from several casinos in the former Portuguese colony, including the famous Casino Lisboa, as well as gambling vessels out of Singapore because of his "notorious reputation".
Sands, opened only two months ago, was the brainchild of US tycoon Sheldon Adelson, whose company owns the famed Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.
The 250 million US dollar multi-entertainment centre is the first of a slew of mostly American-owned casinos opening in Macau, a special administrative region of China since 1999 when Lisbon handed it back to Beijing
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