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America's newly- beauty queen Nina Davuluri has been the of a torrent of racist abuse. She is the first woman of Indian to be crowned Miss America, but was greeted with a of insults after she won the on Sunday night. Many people left messages on Twitter questioning a "non-American" had become Miss America. Many tweeters her an Arab, while others said she looked like a terrorist. One tweeter said: "Well they just picked a Muslim for Miss America. That must've made Obama happy. Maybe he had a vote." Ms Davuluri was born in New York and grew up in Oklahoma and Michigan. She was following the Hindu .

The media in India has been of stories on the "shocking tweets". The Times of India wrote: "The tiara had been placed on her head and the tears of joy had just emerged when racist erupted on social media, marring the of triumph for the first ever Miss America of Indian ." Ms Davuluri brushed aside the negative comments and said she was not what a minority of people thought. She said: "I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and American." She added: "I'm so happy this organization has embraced ." She added: "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can relate to a new Miss America."

 


 
 
 

 

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