It's either that they finish the contest and then leave the company on their own. This way, the company would also consider moving on from this issue.
Or, they could choose to allow the contest to proceed. Chloe would only take into consideration the scores given by the other 8 judges, giving up theirs. At the same time, they would also expose all that judges had done.
This way, they would no longer be allowed to stay in the company. The other companies would not accept a designer who had a bad reputation as well.
In fact, they had only done something to one participant that they thought was the best. As for the rest, they were fair and square.
Di Ranle's team was still quite talented. They might not be known internationally, but they could be still considered alright. Plus, the designers from Country Z liked their culture more than anything. Therefore, their skills when it came to designing international gowns were not as great as the others.