Caught in the Act
Boomz girl Ris Low says she scored A1 in English and Communications

Did Ris Low really score A1 for her English 'O' Levels and Communications? A STOMPer spotted this post on her Facebook page and wondered if she was telling the truth.

The 19-year-old winner of the Miss Singapore World 2009 beauty pageant was slammed by Singaporeans recently for her poor language skills, following a RazorTV interview where she mispronounced a number of common words such as red ('rad') and bikini ('bigini').

She also gained famed for exclaiming '"boomz" during the interview. This has led to celebs and Singaporeans using "boomz" in their comments.

Her poor diction and pronunciation has sparked off fierce debate on her suitability to represent Singapore in international beauty pageants. Criticism has also been levelled at how the English language is taught in schools here since the incident.

Here's what the STOMPer wrote in an email today (Sep 28):

"I have attached a screenshot of Ris Low's Facebook 'shout out'.

"In a post by Ris Low on Sep 4 she said:

"'YA I SUCK IN ENGLISH AND I GOT A1 FOR MY ENGLISH O LEVEL AND A1 FOR MY COMMUNICATIONS. YES, I SUCK IN MY LANGUAGES. =)'

"Is this true? Or are the papers right? It was reported that this girl got a B3 for her English 'O' Levels."

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Crazytotheleftx33 said   on 25 Feb, 2010   Report as offensive  
Hao lian. LOL
Athrun000 said   on 13 Dec, 2009   Report as offensive  
I don care what grade she gets for her 'O' levels...
...I'm just glad that she isn't the one to represent s'pore... to compete in the oversea beauty contest...I'm glad,
Insanegal said   on 26 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
Eh stomper,you must be in her contact dats why you can post it up rite? Are you an betrayer? oops.
yanglovesmj said   on 5 Nov, 2009   Report as offensive  
i listen to her interview i just think that the english is quite jialat for a miss sg. so i m quite disgusted that she twist facts like that. eww
Avenged7fold said   on 20 Oct, 2009   Report as offensive  
BOOMZBOOMZBOOMZ
onuris21 said   on 11 Oct, 2009   Report as offensive  
seven_7vb> Your English is equally bad as hers. It's 'ProNUNciation' and not 'ProNOUNciation'.
facefact said   on 10 Oct, 2009   Report as offensive  
Ris Low is NOT BLIND but ERM TRACY LEE is. Didn"t u read last Sat's TNP? ERM Event Director told the press that she is PARTIALLY BLIND. No wonder.
roberto76 said   on 7 Oct, 2009   Report as offensive  
CHEAT IN EXAMS? Pui!