I really have no answer to this. I am just wondering whether the decision by the judges could be due to scoring system. Sometimes, the scoring system may have equal weightings in the different criteria. Due to the limitations of the system, she may have scored exceptionally high in certain areas which result in a high total score. It does not give a heavy discount like her lack of wit. This is pretty common during competition judging.
Meaning that at the end of the day, the several judges may find, to their shock, that the one who scores highest may not be the one they have in mind. But certainly, in judging events like these, there will be a final session when the distinguished members of the panel can come together and pow-wow and say: "Maybe mathematically everything seems to be in order, but hey guys, looking at it logically, if we are given a final choice between candidate A and candidate B, how are we going to choose?" (or something like that? No?)
I certainly note your point about 'bullying' and I respect your taking this stand. I guess it is not uncommon in Kopitiam, like many other forums, to find members having a good-natured crack at each other at the end of the day, and the attention would have been gradually drawn more so towards making fun of each member with only a remote reference to the singular involved party as an excuse to poke fun at each other, in this case Miss Ris (as you may have noticed towards the later parts of the thread).
Again, allow me to just humbly say again that it is more difficult to regulate and control an online forum that is open to virtually anyone in the world, as compared to the forum, say, on the printed media. Therefore, I am sure everyone who reads this thread would have seen and taken note of your point.
Finally, coming back to the question about the judges... well, I guess life is just that, isn't it? My humble opinion is that she is certainly not an ideal representative for our beautiful country. But what to do? As I have said earlier, I do not agree with this decision, but I have to accept it.