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Emily Tan
Nov 24, 2014

Faced with a social media crisis, Panasonic Beauty Malaysia cancels everything

MALAYSIA - Panasonic Beauty Malaysia has publicly apologised and announced that it will be cancelling its 'I love myself beauty search 2014' beauty contest due to controversy and criticisms around its decision to exclude social media's top choice, Ashley Greig.

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