Miss World contestants have complained they are getting fat and bored waiting in their London hotel rooms for the event to start.
The event is due to get under way this weekend after delays and setbacks, including a riot that killed over 200 in Nigeria.
But Miss Croatia, 19-year-old Nina Slamic, says the contestants' biggest problems have been boredom and putting on weight.
She told Croatian daily Jutarnji List: "It's been so boring in London. We've spent most of out time in our hotel rooms, just sitting around and eating or lying on the bed. I've become fat - I've put on almost nine pounds.
"Organisation is a complete catastrophe. They never tell us properly what is going on and we are not given enough chance to rehearse," she said.
The Miss World contest is taking place at London's Alexandra Palace on Saturday after being relocated from Nigeria following riots between Christians and Muslims in which 220 people died.
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