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Asia beauty contest vote count was 'wrong'

HONG KONG - A Hong Kong television company behind the annual "Miss Asia" beauty contest has admitted the final outcome did not match the real tally of public votes, a newspaper here reported Tuesday.

The "Miss Asia Pageant" held earlier this month used public voting for the first time in its 20-year history, instead of the traditional panel of judges, and people sent in their choice via text message and on the Internet.

But Asia Television (ATV) has said the tally of public votes was different from the figures given at the contest, the South China Morning Post said.

"This is an unacceptable issue of trust," said Linus Cheung, the executive chairman of ATV, according to the English-language daily.

"The number of votes shown on TV on December 7 was wrong."

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