Miss Universe CEO sparks controversy over 'beyond tacky' response to reporter's question

The CEO of the Miss Universe pageant is making headlines aft making immoderate arguable comments astir the 'ultimate evolution' of the competition.

On Saturday, aft Victoria Kjær Theilvig was crowned arsenic the caller Miss Universe, CEO Anne Jakrajutatip joined her for a property league erstwhile she was asked however the pageant was taking 'strategic steps' to evolve.

Her effect was posted successful a clip connected the Instagram relationship @roadtomissusa, which garnered a large effect from fans.

During the property conference, a newsman asked Jakrajutatip, who is simply a Thai businesswoman and the archetypal transgender pistillate to ain the Miss Universe pageant - astir the 'strategic steps' they were taking erstwhile it came to its evolution.

Looking taken aback, the CEO responded, 'Evolution? We person blonde 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.'

Theilvig, who was crowned arsenic Miss Universe Denmark successful September, is an carnal rights activistic and has been unfastened astir her idiosyncratic experiences with abuse. 

After the CEO made her connection astir the 'ultimate evolution,' galore Miss Universe fans weren't impressed, and took to societal media to aerial their thoughts. 

'The Miss Universe ceo is simply a weirdo due to the fact that wdym (what bash you mean) the improvement is blonde and bluish eyes?' 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X.

Someone other agreed, 'The Miss Universe CEO boldly saying blonde hairsbreadth and bluish eyes is the modular is soooo.'

'Miss Universe CEO’s comments are truthful shocking,' different typed connected the platform. 

The speech besides continued successful the comments conception of the Instagram station made by @roadtomissusa, wherever immoderate seemed to broadside with Jakrajutatip and others wholly disagreed.

The account's station included a screenshot of Miss Universe co-owner Raul Rocha Cantú's Instagram Story sharing an X station that Donald Trump's son Don Jr. made aft the triumph connected Saturday.

Don Jr.'s station read: 'Biological & objectively charismatic women are allowed to triumph quality pageants again. WE ARE SO BACK!!!' 

'This is beyond tacky,' 1 idiosyncratic commented connected Instagram. 'I don’t deliberation I tin ticker Miss USA oregon Miss Universe anymore. 

'Their leaders are moving these pageants to the ground. They are insensitive, greedy, bash not attraction astir the accumulation of the pageant, and the needs of the contestants. I cannot enactment this nonsense.' 

Another idiosyncratic agreed, 'Stop giving them your money. Go wherever you are invited and intelligibly it is not there. Better ways to put your time, money, heart, talents, and intelligence!'

'I’m each for empowering the blondes due to the fact that we would beryllium lying if we said that they’ve been decently rewarded for stellar performances successful the past fewer years wrong this organization, but the bladed enactment betwixt empowerment and level retired racism is someway being dashed,' an Instagram idiosyncratic penned.

Someone other conscionable simply wrote, 'Yiiiiiiikes. Just yiiiiiikes.'

Others, however, didn't look to find contented with the remark.

'It is evolutionary due to the fact that the past blonde was successful 2004… determination to cognize we had everything successful the spectrum. Love the caller Miss Universe,' idiosyncratic typed.

One relationship admitted, 'Trump epoch was the best, and we privation it back.'

In summation to posting Don Jr.'s station connected X and the video of Jakrajutatip, the pageantry quality relationship besides weighed successful connected the matter. 

'The concerning statements from the manager and CEO, combined with the subpar accumulation prime and execution of ideas, suggest that the enactment is much focused connected garnering attraction for themselves alternatively than uplifting and empowering women,' the relationship wrote successful part. 

DailyMail.com has reached retired to the pageant enactment for comment. 

This isn't the archetypal remark astir Miss Universe's competitors that Jakrajutatip has made since becoming CEO of the organization.

In June, the CEO was caught saying 'trans women, joined women, and divorced women' tin vie successful the quality pageant but cannot win, successful a bombshell leaked video published by Vox.

Jakrajutatip was heard successful the footage from a committee gathering past November making bold statements astir however diverseness improves the competition's image, but yet women from these backgrounds would not beryllium palmy astatine the end.

'The trans women, the women with husbands, divorced women... This is simply a connection strategy, because, you understand... they tin vie but they cannot win. We conscionable enactment the argumentation retired there. Social inclusion, arsenic radical would say,' she said.