Miss Universe Slovenia contest: Status dead

referring to Globalbeauties from March 3rd (http://globalbeauties.com/blog/2012/03/miss-universe-slovenia-contest-status-dead/):

The Miss Universe Slovenia competition took place for 10 years, but after the financial collapse -last year- of the magazine which organized the event, the fate of the contest is up in the air.

According to a report by Slovenian outlet Siol, the magazine which organized the national competition for 10 years, went bankrupt in 2011. Its representatives withdrew from public light and their emails have not been answered.

The Miss Universe Organization did not answer questions regarding the matter.

The report also states that the license fee for the Miss Universe franchise was not paid last year, being one of the many difficulties the now extinct magazine faced. Media was also investigating rumors that rival beauty competitions would be interested in the license, but representatives of those pageants commented that “it is completely false”.

The Miss Universe Slovenia competition started in 2001 and during its 10-year tenure it had one semi-finalist: Tjasa Kokalj in 2007.

This means that Slovenia is out -for the first time in 10 years- of the Miss Universe pageant.