As reported to you earlier about the new National Director of Miss Universe Australia, it looks like the change in franchise might have created some confusion among the pageant aspirants. The former owner of Miss Universe Australia, Deborah Miller opened registration to the 2016 contest, only for aspiring beauty candidates to discover they will be participating in Miss World Australia instead.

The two pageants are poles apart from each other, and the requirements for both the pageants are different too.  Since earlier this year, Miss Universe Australia hopeful contestants who have signed up for the pageant (via what they thought was the official website) have been receiving emails titled: "CONGRATULATIONS! You have been accepted in the Victorian Preliminary event!".

"Due to changes with the Miss Universe Organisation, currently we don't have any events locked in for Miss Universe Australia. The national director for Miss Universe Australia Deborah Miller has now taken over Miss World Australia," the emails, obtained by The Sun-Herald, explained.

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Apart from being signed for a different event, entrants who fit the "Miss World Australia criteria" of "never been married, never given birth to a child and have not committed any crime" are required to bring a "choreography fee [of] $60 in an envelope".

Miller no longer has the rights to the Miss Universe Australia competition, with new international owner IMG appointing Perth businessman Troy Barbagallo as the new national director last week. However, according to the Miss Universe Australia website, applications for the 2016 event are still being taken and Miller continues to be handling "all booking and inquiries" for Miss Universe Australia 2015 Monika Radulovic. Miller hasn’t made any comments on the whole issue yet.