Racist rants pour in for PIO Ms America
Miss New York Nina Davuluri is the new Miss America, but a barrage of racist tweets quickly greeted the crowning of the first winner of Indian descent.
The 24-year-old aspiring physician won the coveted crown in Atlantic City, New Jersey late on Sunday.
In second place was Miss California Crystal Lee, who earned a $25,000 scholarship.
But racist slurs abounded on Twitter over the win by Ms Davuluri, who performed a classical Bollywood fusion dance for the talent portion of the competition. Many wrongly described the beauty queen, who is believed to be a practising Hindu, as an Arab who looks like a terrorist.
A user with the handle @emi_adkins said: “It’s called Miss America. Get outta here New York you look like a terrorist. #bye #americanforamerica.”
Lue Brasili exclaimed “9/11 was 4 days ago and she gets miss America”, while user Karl Sharro said “Al Qaeda influenced the liberal judges.”
Others, like the Jezebel feminist blog, denounced the comments, saying “racists are being racist because Miss America isn’t white”. “This world is so ignorant. #MissAmerica Indian or not had every right to gain the title of MissAmerica. This is why I want to leave America!” chimed in @CJlovebug.
Ms Davuluri competed on the platform issue of “celebrating diversity through cultural competency”.
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