Megan Young One Step Closer to the Crown Amidst Plot to Destroy Her

Megan Young struck a pose during the announcement of the top 10 finalists for the Top Model competition
Fans' confidence were boosted after the Miss World website announced Megan's win in the Top Model challenge that was held on September 24, 2013. In a bevy of 127 beauties wearing gowns designed by top Indonesian designers, Megan's modeling runway prowess proved to be the best.

The country's bet also placed high in the Beach Fashion, where she finished 5th, and came in 4th place in the Multi Media Award.

The full results of the pre-pageant contests where Young was shortlisted:

Top Model

Winner- Philippines
2nd- United States
3rd- France
4th- Ukraine
5th- Brazil


Beach Fashion

Winner- Brazil
2nd- France
3rd- Ghana
4th- Jamaica
5th- Philippines


Multimedia Award

Winner- India
2nd- Thailand
3rd- Nepal
4th- Philippines
5th- Malaysia

The only challenges where our bet failed to advance were Sports and Talent. Host candidate Miss Indonesia won Miss Talent and Miss Netherlands was named Miss Sports Woman.

All challenge winners will be recognized during the live telecast of the finale on September 28, 2013.

With these results, will she be the country's first ever Miss World? I can say more likely. Although pageant observers say Ukraine, Brazil and France are the country's threats to win the blue crown.

Despite Young's superb performance, Cory Quirino, the director of Miss World Philippines, received news that there is a plot to destroy her chances of winning the Miss World 2013 title which is slated to be passed on by Wenxia Yu of China in the finals.

Quirino sent a text to former beauty queen Joyce Ann Burton regarding the issue:

"JOYCE I NEED YOUR SUPPORT. this is my statement- There has been a smear campaign by a negligible sector of the Ph pageant industry to destroy Megan’s chances for a win in MISS WORLD.  In Bali the mood and aura around Megan is positive and promising. I believe Mrs Julia Morley has explicitly answered this one relentless Anti Miss World Ph person/group to stop emailing the Miss World office as they are proud of all the candidates including Megan. My request to all our countrymen is to consider the honor the Miss World Crown will bring to the country. Lets join hands now to prove that the Bayanihan spirit is strong, alive and above all, genuine."

Megan Young posed for the Beach Fashion challenge. 

 The campaign refers to the sexy photos of Megan on the Rogue magazine. It was pointless to point that she was half naked in those shots. The photos were done with class and there is not even a single breast exposure. All you can see mostly is her back. I believe Miss World chair Julia Morley doesn't see anything wrong with those. There are just people who have the luxury of time to pull others down.

What saddens me is that the rumor about the people behind the plot. At first, Indonesians were accused of it, but it was found that rival camps of the group who trained Megan were the ones responsible of the malicious intention.