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terese23 wrote:Stoichio wrote:XAMURAI wrote:Miss Israel 2013...
Yes, Yittish deserves a spot here. There was also a Miss Sweden (I think 2002) of African descent in Miss Universe.
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Yeah, Malou Hansson Miss Sweden 2002. Had only her and Yittish placed the year they competed. The reason why I did not include them both is because they did not received discrimination when they won, but I might be wrong though.
mybadname wrote:I was hoping also that someday Philippines would send its first Black Amerasian queen in the Miss Universe.
XAMURAI wrote:terese23 wrote:Stoichio wrote:XAMURAI wrote:Miss Israel 2013...
Yes, Yittish deserves a spot here. There was also a Miss Sweden (I think 2002) of African descent in Miss Universe.
Great job!Thank you!
Yeah, Malou Hansson Miss Sweden 2002. Had only her and Yittish placed the year they competed. The reason why I did not include them both is because they did not received discrimination when they won, but I might be wrong though.
Yityish Titi had a difficult childhood. Although she did not really experience much discrimination as others (for simply being black) her transition from Ethiopian lifestyle to Israel was a a hot topic in TV shows where she guested in. Her victory was widely welcomed in Israel for finally acknowledging the Ethiopian Jews as part of Israeli society. But she received backlash, though, from non-Israelis who questioned her Israel identity.
On a different note, I have to share something about Ariana Miyamoto's case though. I think that the media had overblown the whole story about her, and made Japan look bad for the sake of "publicity". Ariana's victory was widely welcomed in Japan. Many of my Japanese friends were happy about her victory and they thought she's beautiful. They even said that Ariana had an advantage for having a foreigner dad so she had longer legs compared to average Japanese. They meant it as a compliment. But, it's not the narrative that media wanted to sell. They wanted to paint a dark picture about Ariana's victory, and about Japan in general. It's pretty much how media still work these days. They only pick one side of the story - the one that sells - and make a fuzz about petty things to cause controversy. It came to a point where Ariana actually got tired of it because she was being used as a scapegoat. She's a proud Japanese. Her Japanese is way better than her English. She was born in Japan, grew up in Japan and had many Japanese friends. She just felt bad that she was being used by the media and her organization to make Japan look bad... all for money!
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