US News First Miss America winner from Indian background dismisses barrage of racist abuse

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The first winner of the Miss America pageant from an Indian background has brushed off a barrage of racist messages posted on social networks.

Nina Davuluri, 24, described her delight at winning the the contest saying she was "so happy this organization has embraced diversity."

Just minutes after the result, however, racist comments began to appear on social networking sites.

Miss Davuluri had been embroiled in controversy after being accused of saying her predecessor Mallory Hagan was ‘fat as s***’.

Despite the row, Miss Davuluri, whose $50,000 prize money will help fund her stated ambition of attending medical school, went on to beat Miss California, Crystal Lee and the other top 5 finalists, Miss Minnesota, Rebecca Yeh; Miss Florida, Myrrhanda Jones, and Miss Oklahoma, Kelsey Griswold.

Immediately after her victory a stream of racist abuse began to appear on Twitter.

One Twitter user wrote: 'This is Miss America... Not Miss Foreign Country.'

Another opined: 'Shes (sic) like not even american and she won miss america.'

They later deleted the comment from her profile.

One commenter wrote the message '9/11 was 4 days ago and she gets miss America?' and another added: 'I am literarily soo mad right now a ARAB won'.

"WHEN WILL A WHITE WOMAN WIN #MISSAMERICA? Ever??!!" asked another.

Nina Davuluri - the first Miss America winner from Indian background -

Just minutes after the result racist comments began to appear on social networking sites

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they're everywhere

 

[Accname]

So, only native american indians can enter from now on?

 

[KMilz]

People complain too much. I know I'm one of them, but is this really worth the bother?

 

[FireCat]

Well, as long as she is a American Citizen. Then why not?

 

[Hatebreeder]

People complain too much. I know I'm one of them, but is this really worth the bother?

Unfortunatly, there are too many people who are not satisfied with their life, due to their own incapability. So they project their anger onto others, which is very easy to do, because the criteria that define "American" are not defined ( and should not IMO ), which leaves alot of room for personal influence and interpretation.
It's definatly not worth the time, but it serves as a vent for said reasons and boosts the ego if the prepetuer gain support/acknowledgement.

Quite a beautiful person btw. Just the makeup irritates me ( gives me the impression that she is trying to hide something or mask it ).

 

[Accname]

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Quite a beautiful person btw. Just the makeup irritates me ( gives me the impression that she is trying to hide something or mask it ).

Yeah. Dark skin.

 

[Varine]

They still do Miss America then? Is there like a Miss Canada?