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---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:11:17 +0100 > From: gabe.mene...@gmail.com > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] Indian origin Miss America... > > 'She looks like a terrorist': newly crowned Miss America faces torrent of > vile Twitter abuse over Indian roots > 'So happy': Nina Davuluri wins the 2014 Miss America Competition at > Boardwalk Hall Arena, Atlantic City > 50 > 6 > MAXINE > FRITH<http://www.standard.co.uk/search/simple.do?destinationSectionUniqueName=search&publicationName=es&pageLength=5&startDay=1&startMonth=1&startYear=2010&useSectionFilter=true&useHideArticle=true&searchString=byline_text:(%22Maxine%20Frith%22)&displaySearchString=Maxine%20Frith> > > Published: 16 September 2013 > > Updated: 12:39, 16 September 2013 > > The first woman of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America has become the > victim of intense racist abuse on Twitter. > > Users of the social networking site accused Nina Davuluri of being an > “Arab” and “terrorist” and told her to get out of the country — despite the > fact she was born in the US. > > Miss Davuluri, 24, said she intended to ignore the attacks, saying: “I have > to rise above that. I’ve always viewed myself as first and foremost > American.” > > She was born in Syracuse, New York, after her parents moved to the US from > the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 1981. She was crowned Miss New York > before taking the US crown. > > But within hours of her victory she was being targeted by Twitter users who > accused her of not being American. > > One said: “I’m literally soo mad right now an Arab won” while another > posted: “How the **** does a foreigner win Miss America? She is a Arab!” A > third user said: “Well they just picked a Muslim for Miss America” and > another added: “It’s called Miss America, Get outta here New York you look > like a terrorist.” > > Miss Davuluri’s father is a doctor and she intends to use her prize money > from the competition to study at medical school in the US. > > The Miss America competition had been praised this year for celebrating > diversity, with contestants including an Army officer with tattoos and a > woman missing the lower part of one arm. > > At a press conference, the new Miss America said: “I’m so happy that this > organisation has embraced diversity. > > “I am thankful there are children watching at home who can finally relate > to a new Miss America.” > > She performed a Bollywood style dance as part of the talent segment of the > contest, held in Atlantic City, and said she wanted to use her role to > “celebrate diversity through cultural competency”. > > > *http://tinyurl.com/psp79m4* > > -- > DEV BOREM KORUM > > Gabe Menezes.