Miss World Bangladesh 2017 Jannatul Nayeem will be stripped of her beauty title, if the news on her marriage is found to be true, said the organizers.
Talking to the Daily Kalerkantho, Shapan Chowdhury, the chairman of Antar Showbiz, the company that organized the beauty pageant, said: “If the organizers found that she took part in the beauty contest hiding her marital status, she will lose her title as being unmarried is the first important criterion for participating in this contest.”
“In that case, the name of a new winner will be announced,” he added.
Earlier on Friday night, Jannatul Nayeem was selected as Miss World Bangladesh 2017. But, the news drew controversy the next day after it was revealed that Jannatul Nayeem was not the judges' choice.
Rather, the judges selected runner-up Jessia Islam to represent Bangladesh at the Miss World contest to be held in November this year in Sanya, China.
On Monday, Jannatul Nayeem again made headlines after news on her marriage surfaced in Media.
According to a number of reports, the newly crowned Miss World Bangladesh got married to a businessman in Chittagong some four years ago. However, the couple separated some two and a half months after they tied the knot.
The organizers have called a press conference over the issue at Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon on Tuesday evening.