Newly crowned Miss Universe Victoria Kjaer Theilvig is facing aggravated disapproval aft a TikTok video showed her utilizing a radical slur.
Theilvig, representing Denmark, won the 73rd Miss Universe rubric connected November 16th successful Mexico City, wherever she competed against 120 different quality pageant hopefuls.
Her enactment arsenic the victor was seen arsenic a triumph for the 'anti-woke' after the 2023 contention featured married, plus-sized, and transgender contestants.
In a video posted from the Empire State Building, the Denmark pageant prima sang on to Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind,' which includes the N-word.
Social media users rapidly condemned Theilvig's usage of the slur, calling for her to apologize and beryllium stripped of her title.
'Runner up, you're up, this 1 is DONE,' said 1 disgusted user.
'In the crown astatine that omg,' said another, shocked that she would person the audacity to contiguous the Miss Universe enactment successful specified a way.
'I consciousness similar she needs to beryllium decrowned an apology is not enough,' said TikTok idiosyncratic Majin Mo, who created a video questioning whether Theilvig would adjacent apologize.
Newly crowned Miss Universe Victoria Kjaer Theilvig is facing aggravated disapproval aft a TikTok video surfaced showing her utilizing the N word
Theilvig, representing Denmark, won the 73rd Miss Universe rubric connected November 16th successful Mexico City, wherever she competed against 120 different quality pageant hopefuls
The Miss Universe enactment and Theilvig herself person yet to publically code the controversy.
Some speculate that the incidental whitethorn spell unpunished, fixed past statements by CEO Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, the first trans woman to afloat ain the Miss Universe organization, who has expressed arguable views connected diverseness and inclusion.
Jakrajutatip has antecedently said successful a leaked video that portion divers women can compete successful the pageant, they 'cannot win.'
'The trans women, the women with husbands, divorced women… This is simply a connection strategy, because, you understand… they tin compete, but they cannot win. We conscionable enactment the argumentation retired there. Social inclusion, arsenic radical would say,' the Thai media mogul said successful the video.
When discussing the improvement of the Miss Universe pageant, the CEO precocious stated that the contention has already reached its peak, reports Business Insider.
'Evolution? We person blond and bluish eyes, truthful we're coming to the eventual improvement already. We don't request immoderate much improvement here. We already got the champion here,' the arguable CEO said.
This year's Miss Universe pageant saw a instrumentality to tradition, with a cisgender pistillate taking the crown.
This comes aft caller years of expanding inclusivity, including the information of transgender contestants similar Miss Spain 2018 Angela Ponce and Miss Netherlands 2022 Rikkie Valerie Kolle.
In a video posted from the Empire State Building, Theilvig sang on to Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind,' which included the N-word
The displacement towards much accepted occidental quality standards sparked a question of online commentary, with immoderate users expressing astonishment and others celebrating the instrumentality to 'normalcy.'
'BREAKING: Fans shocked aft straight, white, biologic pistillate wins Miss Universe 2024,' wrote fashionable governmental commentator Matt Wallace to his much than 2 cardinal followers.
'Reality conscionable made a comeback! Congrats, Denmark!' added another.
'The tides are turning the woke microorganism is connected the run. Hold the line,' said idiosyncratic else.