{
  "id": 9323934,
  "title": "Miss Universe Cambodia admits using Thai photos by mistake, no apology",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/miss-universe-cambodia-admits-using-thai-photos-by-mistake-no-apology",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T11:23:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Khaosod English",
    "slug": "khaosod-english",
    "url": "https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2026/09/23/miss-universe-cambodia-admits-using-thai-photos-by-mistake-no-apology/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Miss Universe Cambodia 2026 has admitted that images of women from Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand, were used by mistake in their presentation. The organization realized the error after the images were shown during a preliminary round, where they were falsely identified as depicting Khmer women. This mistake led to widespread criticism in Thailand, with the images later revealed as being of women from Kamphaeng Phet wearing traditional Thai clothing. The photograph in question is part of a significant historical archive, the Royal Photographic Glass Plate Negatives and Original Prints Collection, which includes over 35,427 glass plate negatives and around 50,000 original prints. The collection was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World International Register in 2017. The Miss Universe Cambodia organization stated that the use of these images was unintentional due to insufficient verification of their sources. They expressed no intention to cause misunderstanding or offense and have committed to strengthening their procedures for verifying information, images, and other content in the future.",
  "summary": "Miss Universe Cambodia 2026 has acknowledged that images of women from Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand, were mistakenly used in a pageant presentation after the images were presented as depicting Cambodian women. The controversy emerged after the images were shown during the Miss Universe Cambodia 2026 preliminary round, where they were presented as historical images of Khmer […] The post Miss Universe…",
  "key_points": [
    "Miss Universe Cambodia used Thai photos by mistake in presentation.",
    "Organization realized error after images were shown during preliminary round.",
    "Miss Universe Cambodia commits to strengthening verification procedures."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}