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‘We Don’t Need Any More’: Black Miss Universe Runner-Up Responds After CEO Says ‘Blond, Blue Eyes’ Winner Is the ‘Ultimate Evolution’ for Pageant

Miss Nigeria, the runner-up in the 2024 Miss Universe pageant, responded to a set of controversial remarks made by the Miss Universe CEO regarding diversity in the contest.

Miss Denmark, Victoria Kjaer Theilvig, was crowned the winner of this year’s international pageant on Nov. 16 in Mexico City, marking the first time in the competition’s 73-year history that a contestant from Denmark has won.

The CEO of the Miss Universe organization, Anne Jakrajutatip, ed Theilvig in a press conference after the pageant concluded, and it was her answer to a reporter’s question about how the pageant has progressed in of diversity that has set off an intense wave of backlash:

“Evolution? We have blond and blue eyes, so we’re coming to the ultimate evolution already,” Jakrajutatip said. “We don’t need any more evolution here. We already got the best here.”

In response to Jakrajutatip’s remarks, Miss Universe’s first runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, who is the first Miss Nigeria to make the competition’s top five, told Business Insider she didn’t take offense to the comments.

“I’m not really offended by it,” she said. “Maybe that’s just her perspective; maybe that’s how she felt about the evolution of Miss Universe.”

Jakrajutatip also came under fire for resharing a social media post that Donald Trump Jr. made about Thielvig’s win.

“Biological & objectively attractive women are allowed to win beauty pageants again. WE ARE SO BACK,” Trump Jr. wrote online on Nov. 18.

Miss Universe co-owner Raul Rocha, who acquired a 50 percent stake in the Miss Universe Organization in January, also shared Trump Jr.’s post on his Instagram page.

Adetshina shared that she felt disheartened by Trump Jr.’s remarks.

“All the queens that were crowned are so beautiful in their own different ways, so for him to make a comment like that, I feel like he was disregarding all the past queens,” Adetshina said. “I can understand why people didn’t really like a comment like that and why it was causing a spark on social media.”

When Jakrajutatip, a brown-haired, brown-eyed Thai transgender woman, took over the organization in 2022, her new ownership came with fresh promises of evolution for the next generation and an expressed interest in increasing inclusivity in the pageant.

Under her leadership, mothers and women who are married, divorced, or pregnant were allowed to compete as were women over the age of 28.

However, other controversies have surfaced that have raised questions over whether Jakrajutatip’s brand renewal pledges are genuine or just for show.

Leaked footage from an October 2023 Miss Universe staff meeting was posted online, showing Jakrajutatip discussing diverse contestants.

“Trans women, the women with husbands, divorced women … They can compete, but they cannot win. But we just put the policy out there, so you have that social inclusion,” she said, adding that it’s a “communication strategy.”

Jakrajutatip responded to the video’s circulation online, stating in a Facebook post that it “was out of context and used to manipulate other people, which led to the public confusion, misunderstanding, misinterpretation and wrong conclusion.”

She stated that the topic she was discussing with her staffers in that meeting was a potential Miss Universe reality show, not the international pageant.

Atlantablackstar

I don't even care

Okay. So Remi can now compete and Nigerians will stop selling their votes.

Black queens!

Wake up

Until you wake and love the African in you…
The black goddess is in you!
You don’t have to bend to any further standard because you are a standard.

I blame slavery, colonization and erosion of identity caused by abrahimc religion

Foolish Arab worshippers and dirty slave catholic worshippers bowing down to white saints…
You imagine your angels and Jesus to be whites with blue eyes. Why won’t you be disrespected when you don’t respect yourself

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No be everyone like those features

Racist🙄

Take chair sat down waiting for elders

Congratulations

Validated:
Okay. So Remi can now compete and Nigerians will stop selling their votes.

sir people like cow are the one selling their vote?

Why do think think cracker was elected in the states. It's white supremacy loud and clear, and some blindfolded negros are still foolishly applauding as always.

As E don be now, make blessingCeo go try her luck. You never can tell, Maggie yansh fit to collect something enter house

Hitler would be so proud....His vision for the world is finally becoming true.

Normal

Omoawoke:
Black queens!

Wake up

Until you wake and love the African in you…
The black goddess is in you!
You don’t have to bend to any further standard because you are a standard.

I blame slavery, colonization and erosion of identity caused by abrahimc religion

Foolish Arab worshippers and dirty slave catholic worshippers bowing down to white saints…
You imagine your angels and Jesus to be whites with blue eyes. Why won’t you be disrespected when you don’t respect yourself

Who is this one talking to?

Pork skin motherfuckers overrate themselves too much. I will chose a black queen over any pigskin lady anyday.

Pork skin motherfuckers overrate themselves too much. I will chose a black queen over any pigskin lady anyday

Since the owner is a transgender woman, soon enough, there'll also be transgender women participating and I see them winning over biological women...

I was really disappointed to see some of them in Victoria's Secret fashion this year.

Chidimma…

God is good.

E dey pain some beings wella

Omoawoke:
Black queens!

Wake up

Until you wake and love the African in you…
The black goddess is in you!
You don’t have to bend to any further standard because you are a standard.

I blame slavery, colonization and erosion of identity caused by abrahimc religion

Foolish Arab worshippers and dirty slave catholic worshippers bowing down to white saints…
You imagine your angels and Jesus to be whites with blue eyes. Why won’t you be disrespected when you don’t respect yourself

Forget color of skin or religion what has the blackman done for himself, his race, his people and humanity?

Just plain arrogance and ignorance on display.

Temiii69:
Racist🙄

And in Nigeria, there's tribalism

How is that racism?
Maybe Africa should organise there own pageant

How that one take change dollar- naira ratio?

how does this new help an ordinary nigerian

No Trans woman would ever win Miss Universe IJN!

When I see black people being tribalistic I just laugh

Can someone answer this for me?


If Russia, USA , China , basically all of the developed world wake up one day and decide that the black race is an enemy and have to removed from earth. What can Africa do ? We are basically defenseless, COVID already proved that creating a modified virus that can target specific group of people is possible.

I have a 90% belief that white supremacy groups and China are working on something like this for Africa.

Unseen Footage Shows Miss Universe Contestants Ignoring Miss Denmark To Embrace Miss Nigeria, Chidinma Adeshina After Winner Is Announced


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tehr9zb3yGw

I really wanted Chidinma to come first, it's painful but still great that she was first runner up, it's not easy, and it still has many perks.

That aside, the world worships whites and then anything close to white or light skin and it's prevalent in Africa too. You're not fine until you're fair, to Africans, but miraculously we see the beauty in some queens like Chidinma, former Miss Nigeria/miss world.

A storm in a teacup, if you ask me...!

The person deemed most beautiful and mentally worthy by the judges won... Period!

Making a meal out of it is just unnecessary.

Why can’t African women be accepted for their natural hair? Why do we have to feel like we have ‘ landed’ when we put on this fake hair, I mean attachments and the likes😩

jaxxy:


Forget color of skin or religion what has the blackman done for himself, his race, his people and humanity?

Just plain arrogance and ignorance on display.

Your ignorance is deep

Abegi