Vietnamese beauty queen arrested over fake ‘health' gummies
Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien, 26, a former winner of an international beauty pageant, declared to her social media followers that a single one of the 'gummy' sweets contained the same amount of fibre as a plate of vegetables. Now she faces disgrace and potential imprisonment after the popular product was proved to be little more than a laxative pill.
On Monday, Tien was arrested as part of the investigation into Kera Supergreens gummies, having already being fined for failing to disclose that she was paid for her enthusiastic endorsements of the product.
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