Pro-Trump beauty queen Kathy Zhu claims she’s been stripped of her Miss Michigan title by the Miss World America pageant after being accused of posting racist comments on social media.
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Zhu, who immigrated to the U.S. from China as a child, took to Twitter to say part of the reasoning was because she refused to “try on a hijab,” adding that MWA “accused me of being racist, Islamophobic, and insensitive”.
“Miss World America’s State/National/Chief Director accused me of being racist, Islamaphobic, and insensitive. They stripped me of my Miss Michigan title due to my refusal to try on a hijab in 2018, my tweet about black on black gun violence, and “insensitive” statistical tweets.”
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Zhu, an outspoken conservative student at the University of Michigan, included a copy of an email from Miss World America Michigan state director Laurie DeJack.
“It has been brought to the attention of Miss World America that your social media accounts contain offensive, insensitive and inappropriate content, and in violation of MWA’s Rules and Conditions, specifically the contestant requirement of ‘being of good character and whose background is not likely to bring into disrepute Miss World America or any person associated with the organisation,’” DeJack wrote.
“Therefore, and effective immediately, MWA does not recognise you as a participant of any sort or in any capacity as it relates to any and all events of MWA,” she added.
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One of Zhu’s misgivings was that she accurately commented on back-on-black crime in a tweet.
“Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community first before blaming others,” she tweeted in Oct 2017.
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But the incident with the hijab takes center stage. It involved a group of Muslim students at the University of Central Florida, who were holding a “Try a Hijab” event on campus in Feb. 2018 to celebrate World Hijab Day.
Zhu, who was a student at UCF, was reportedly asked if she wanted to try on a hijab and declined, posting her thoughts about it on Twitter — the tweet has been deleted.
“There’s a ‘try a hijab on’ booth at my college campus,” the tweet said. “So you’re telling me that it’s now just a fashion accessory and not a religious thing? Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam?”
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She explained the incident in her response to DeJack, saying “a Muslim woman tried to forcibly put a hijab on my head without my permission.”
“What’s ‘insensitive’ is that women in the Middle East are getting stoned to death for refusing to obey their husband’s orders to wear hijabs,” Zhu wrote. “I tweeted about it on my social media … Almost everyone was supportive of me refusing to be put in that situation. Are the people in MWA implying that they advocate for the punishment of women who refuse to wear a hijab?”
‘Fox & Friends’ covered Zhu’s story Friday morning:
Social media users were quick to come to Zhu’s defense, rightly so. Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
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This is unbelievable@PoliticalKathy has been stripped of her pageant title for not wanting to wear a hijab & for highlighting crime rates in some black communities.
The fact that these pageant people find her views offensive speaks more to their own bigotry than anything else. https://t.co/yqHkcwYQtE
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) July 19, 2019
Apparently you can’t even participate in a @MissWorldLtd pageant if you’re *gasp* openly Republican. What a sorry bunch of bigots. @PoliticalKathy you’re still Miss Michigan to anyone with a functioning frontal lobe in their brain. https://t.co/j8bKBLUWCa
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) July 19, 2019
Where is the outrage? The soccer team can be hoodlums, racists, and disgusting but they are worshipped by the Left. Conservative women are vilified and degraded.
— Deborah Divine (@divine1127) July 19, 2019
Turns out @MissWorldLtd is a racist organization. She needs to go on @TuckerCarlson.
— Ms. Pickles (@MsPicklesP) July 19, 2019
She should sue, this is blatant discrimination based on political ideology.
— Internet Attorney (@AltReichstag) July 19, 2019
I’m changing my profile pic to @PoliticalKathy’s picture. Intelligent, beautiful, and thoughtful kid caught in the middle of a bs @MissWorldLtd publicity stunt. Btw- you guys are clowns. ?? pic.twitter.com/2YdQxdv55I
— Deano Pearson (@grumpyassSonuva) July 19, 2019
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