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Hindustan Times
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Miss World 2025 British contestant Milla Magee quits ‘outdated' show hosted in India, says she felt ‘like a prostitute'
Milla Magee, 24, who was competing for the title of Miss World, has decided to quit the beauty pageant being hosted in India. Milli, who won the Miss England title last year, was representing the UK in the pageant. In an interview with The Sun Magazine, she has opened up about the reason why she decided to quit. She felt the organisers were exploiting her and making her feel 'like a prostitute'. Milli opened up about her decision to quit the show midway, which shocked many. She shared her experience in the beauty pageant held in Hyderabad, India and said, 'I went there to make a difference, but we had to sit like performing monkeys. It's stuck in the past. Morally I couldn't be a part of it. As far as I could see, it hasn't changed and is stuck in the past. Morally, I couldn't be a part of it. All the crowns and sashes in the world mean nothing compared to using your voice and making a difference in the world.' Milla added how she felt 'uncomfortable' in the way they were made to do small-talk with the guests: "There were two girls to each table of six guests. We were expected to sit with them for the whole evening and entertain them as a thank you. I found that unbelievable. I remember thinking, 'This is so wrong'. I didn't come here to be farmed out for people's entertainment. Miss World is supposed to have the same values, but it's outdated and stuck in the past. They made me feel like a prostitute. At one point I tried to talk about the causes I was supporting but it was obvious the men at the table were not interested. Instead there was weird small-talk that left me feeling uncomfortable. I went out to make a difference, to help create a different future, perhaps inspire young people. Never in a million years did I expect to find myself in that situation. We were there to please these people and sit like performing monkeys. I couldn't stand it.' Milla's place in the pageant has been replaced by Miss England runner-up Charlotte Grant, 25. The finale will be aired in over 180 countries next week.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
17-year-old charged with murder in shooting of 15-year-old in Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A 17-year-old now faces a murder charge in the death of a 15-year-old who was gunned down in Grand Rapids last year. Cartiyae Pascal was arraigned Tuesday on a count of open murder and a weapons charge in the death of Amillier Penn, Grand Rapids Police Department Chief Eric Winstrom confirmed. Winstrom said he is being charged as an adult. 'For nearly a year, GRPD detectives have been following every lead and every tip, painstakingly building this case to bring justice for Milli and his family,' Winstrom said in a statement. 'The brazen murder of a 15-year-old child, out playing football with his friends, is one that I hope our city will never forget. I know that there are many people in Grand Rapids and across the country who have been invested in justice for Milli. While it can never erase the sense of loss, I hope that gives some measure of healing to his family and loved ones.' Pascal's name had already when a docuseries about GRPD premiered in April. The first episode spotlighted the investigation into Amillier's death. 'There is just a ton of work to be done (in this murder investigation). And as was showcased in this episode, I think the biggest obstacle for this was the trust,' GRPD Chief Eric Winstrom told News 8 after the show aired. He said he hoped the docuseries would encourage people to come forward with information. Winstrom was skeptical that releasing the suspect's name before charges were filed would affect the criminal case. Pascal's attorney, who is representing him in a separate shooting, disagreed. 'If the Grand Rapids Police Department were also involved in the production or the disclosure of the information and discovery, I think that can be and probably is very prejudicial to my client,' attorney Barton Morris said. Amillier, who went by Milli, was shot and killed in broad daylight on June 2 while playing football with friends on Umatilla Street SE near Madison Avenue. 'In this case, this young man was playing football with friends. He wasn't engaged in some kind of illegal activity. He wasn't armed with a handgun. He's 15 years old. So I don't think when we discover a motive that it's gonna be a motive that makes any sense,' Grand Rapids Police Department Chief Eric Winstrom said in the days after the killing. GRPD docuseries names uncharged suspect in death of teen: Could that hurt the case? For months, Milli's family begged for information about the shooter. 'Fifteen years old and had his whole life ahead of him, taken from him, robbed from him for nothing,' Corey Penn, Amillier's dad, told News 8 in July. 'It still feel like the same day. It feels like when I got that phone call when my son was shot. That is what it feels like and it feels like that every single day.' A $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest was offered through Silent Observer. 'We are fighting against what seems to be a culture amongst the witnesses of a code of silence,' Winstrom said in July. 'You've got a child, a 15-year-old boy, who was playing football. Whatever the history, whatever the motive was, it doesn't make sense and it doesn't make sense for adults who were there and who have information not to come forward and do the right thing for Milli.' 'It's no honor amongst thieves. I can say that, and it runs parallel with this situation because my son was robbed of his life at 15 years old,' Penn said. 'So we as a community, as adults, we've got to start taking some accountability for the things that we allow. Somebody has got to stand up and set an example.' 'Stand up': Family seeks tips in Grand Rapids teen's death Penn said he would not watch the docuseries episode about his son's death. 'I didn't watch the documentary, because this is an everyday hell for me that I'm living in,' he told News 8 in April. 'I sat for six hours to get past that yellow tape to view my son's body. But I want to remember my son how I last seen him alive, as much as possible.' Father won't watch GRPD docuseries episode on son's killing: 'I'm still living it' Corey Penn and Seeds of Promise GR have asked the city of Grand Rapids to designate Umatilla Street SE from Madison Avenue to Union Avenue as 'Amillier Penn Way.' On Tuesday, the city of Grand Rapids Community Development Committee scheduled a public hearing on the requested commemorative street name designation for June 10. Milli was one of two 15-year-olds shot and killed in Grand Rapids within weeks of each other last year. La-kyijah Williams was shot dead May 18 in the city's Arena District. Josiah Pittman, 18, was . Pascal was in an unrelated shooting on Sept. 1, 2024, that injured a man. In that case, police say, a shooter '(lay) in wait' for the victim when he came out of a convenience store on Madison Avenue at Dickinson Avenue SE, then shot him multiple times. The victim's mother, who narrowly avoided gunfire, rushed him to the hospital and doctors were able to save his life. Surveillance, rap videos helped ID shooting suspect, detective says Police say they have video that shows Pascal was the shooter outside the convenience store, and that his mother also identified him as the person in the video when she accompanied her son to a police interrogation. Detectives said Pascal and his mother kept talking in the interview room after they left the room, testifying that Pascal's mother asked, 'How many times did you shoot him?' and Pascal replied, 'Um, about five.' 'She asks if there's any more bodies on the gun, and he says, 'No,'' police testimony continued. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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India Today
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
In man's dance video of Mere Samne Wali Khidki with daughter, all eyes are on him
A video of a man dancing with his daughter to Kishore Kumar's hit song Mere Samne Wali Khidki Mein went viral on social media. The video, shared by Milli Singh on Instagram, features her dancing with her father to the 1968 classic film Padosan's iconic song. With over four million views, the short clip has managed to stir more than just nostalgia. advertisementRight from the first beat, the father's expressions and grace become the centre of attention. Dancing in perfect sync with his daughter, he emotes each line with such ease and flair that several viewers admitted they forgot Milli was in the frame. Watch the video here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Milli Singh (@ didn't hold back from praising the father. Several users joked that Milli had been completely overshadowed, while others felt like her father had set the bar too high for any future duet performances. "I'm so sorry to say this, girl, but he nailed it, man," a user said, while another added, "Man, your dad is too good, sorry I missed seeing you in the video." advertisementSee the comments here: With the daughter may have shared the spotlight, it was the father who walked away with all the applause. And if anything's clear from the comments, this man just danced his way into everyone's hearts.
BBC News
30-01-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Luton Town sign Exeter City forward Alli
Luton Town have signed Exeter City forward Millenic Alli in a deal BBC Radio Devon understands to be worth £ 24-year-old moved to the Grecians from non-league FC Halifax Town a year ago and scored 16 goals in 43 appearances. He is Exeter's top scorer this season with 12 goals in all moves to a Luton Town side who have scored the third-fewest goals in the Championship and are second-from-bottom of the table, a season after being relegated from the Premier League. "Milli is a player who we have come up against a few times and he's always impressed with his pace, power and individual dribbling ability to get his team up the pitch," Luton boss Matt Bloomfield told the club website."If you look at the goals he has scored – even Tuesday evening, two headers, one at the back post – he's a brave boy, and with his non-league background, he has a real hunger to prove himself at the levels above."Physically, he's got the capabilities to step up and with some work on the training ground with us, and that desire and pace at the top of the pitch, we believe that he can be a good asset for us both now and developing further into the future."The deal represents another impressive piece of business for Exeter Grecians have prided themselves on nurturing players through their academy as well as bringing in players and selling them on for large fees. The club has received fees and sell-ons in excess of £1m for players such as Sam Nombe, Jay Stansfield, Ethan Ampadu and Joel Randell in the past four years."Part of the club's vision is to develop players from both inside and outside the Academy," Exeter City chief executive Joe Gorman told the club website. "Thanks to Gary (Caldwell, manager) and the football staff, we are increasingly recognised as a club which develops and transitions players to higher levels, something which is again evidenced by this sale."This significant sum will be reinvested back into the club, to help fund first-team improvements, academy growth and overall club development."Selling players at the right time is a vital part of the club's strategic long-term vision." Analysis Brent Pilnick, BBC Sport, Alli's move for such a hefty fee is one of the surprises of the transfer window for Exeter City. While it comes as a blow so late in the window, it represents a great bit of business for a player that has spent just a year at St James Park. In that time he has adapted well to EFL football well and has scored 12 goals in all competitions this season. But it leaves manager Gary Caldwell with a headache he did not Grecians had been concentrating on midfield and defensive reinforcements - Ryan Trevitt and Alex Hartridge joined on loan on a new striker that will be able to take up Alli's scoring levels so late in the window will not be easy, or cheap.
