Conservative Beauty Queen Stripped of Her Title Over ‘Offensive’ Tweets

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Kathy Zhu, a University of Michigan student, claims her “refusal to try on a hijab” and her tweets about African Americans cost her the title.

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Published Jul. 19 2019 5:22PM EDT

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A beauty pageant winner known for her conservative views was stripped of her title after the Miss World America competition deemed her social media content “offensive, insensitive, and inappropriate,” The Detroit Free Press reports.

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Conservative Beauty Queen Stripped of Her Title Over ‘Offensive’ Tweets

Kathy Zhu, a University of Michigan student, claims her “refusal to try on a hijab” and her tweets about African Americans cost her the title.

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Julia Arciga