{"id":130398,"date":"2024-11-26T20:27:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130398"},"modified":"2024-11-26T20:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:27:41","slug":"miss-universe-runner-up-says-she-wasnt-offended-by-the-ceo-calling-the-winners-blond-hair-and-blue-eyes-the-ultimate-evolution-for-the-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130398","title":{"rendered":"Miss Universe runner-up says she wasn&#8217;t offended by the CEO calling the winner&#8217;s blond hair and blue eyes the &#8216;ultimate evolution&#8217; for the pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<ul class=\"col-body mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip praised winner Victoria Kjaer Theilvig&#8217;s blond hair and blue eyes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">She said the Miss Universe brand didn&#8217;t need to evolve because &#8220;we already got the best here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The first runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, told BI she wasn&#8217;t offended by Jakrajutatip&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/miss-universe-pageant-owner-anne-jakrajutatip-history-2023-11?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip<\/a> shocked many fans last week when she said the <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/miss-universe-ceo-controversial-comments-miss-denmark-pageant-evolution-2024-11?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pageant didn't need to evolve;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">pageant didn&#8217;t need to evolve<\/a> anymore because they &#8220;already got the best&#8221; with <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/victoria-kjaer-theilvig-miss-denmark-universe-2024-11?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Victoria Kjaer Theilvig;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Victoria Kjaer Theilvig<\/a>, who won the crown on November 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;We have blond and blue eyes, so we&#8217;re coming to the ultimate evolution already,&#8221; the CEO said when a reporter asked how she planned to evolve <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/miss-universe-2024-winner-miss-denmark-2024-11?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miss Universe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Miss Universe<\/a>. &#8220;We don&#8217;t need any more evolution here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">While some in the pageant community criticized Jakrajutatip&#8217;s comments, the Miss Universe first runner-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/2024-miss-nigeria-crowned-after-withdrawing-from-miss-south-africa-2024-9?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chidimma Adetshina;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chidimma Adetshina<\/a> \u2014 who made history as the first Miss Nigeria to place in the top five \u2014 told Business Insider they didn&#8217;t faze her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not really offended by it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Maybe that&#8217;s just her perspective; maybe that&#8217;s how she felt about the evolution of Miss Universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Raul Rocha and Anne Jakrajutatip with the Miss Universe 2024 winner, Victoria Kj\u00e6r Theilvig.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/RI38gdyvTJDsTKG7gHZlGg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/business_insider_articles_888\/f6ac6cfd6987ca8671599a13077b01b2\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Raul Rocha and Anne Jakrajutatip with Miss Universe 2024 Victoria Kj\u00e6r Theilvig following her crowning.<span class=\"copyright\">Hector Vivas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Adetshina added that she was disappointed to see Donald Trump Jr.&#8217;s remarks about the pageant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;Biological &amp; objectively attractive women are allowed to win beauty pageants again. WE ARE SO BACK,&#8221; Trump Jr. wrote in a message on X on November 18, which Jakrajutatip and Miss Universe co-owner Raul Rocha shared on their Instagram pages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;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,&#8221; Adetshina told BI. &#8220;I can understand why people didn&#8217;t really like a comment like that and why it was causing a spark on social media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Representatives for Trump Jr. did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"col-body mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">A pageant of mixed messages<\/h2>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">When Jakrajutatip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/miss-universe-pageant-sold-to-businesswoman-2022-10?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:took over the Miss Universe brand;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">took over the Miss Universe brand<\/a> in October 2022, she promised to &#8220;evolve the brand for the next generation&#8221; in a statement sent to BI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Starting in 2023, the organization began allowing <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/miss-universe-will-allow-married-women-mothers-to-compete-2022-8?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:married women and mothers to compete;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">married women and mothers to compete<\/a>. In September of that year, it was also announced that <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/miss-universe-pageant-new-age-rule-2023-9?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:women over 28;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">women over 28<\/a> would be allowed to participate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Adetshina praised Miss Universe&#8217;s progress, pointing to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/miss-universe-contestants-who-made-history-2024-11?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:many contestants who made history;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">many contestants who made history<\/a>\u00a0at this year&#8217;s competition. Still, she believes there&#8217;s still more to be done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;I feel like they have done a lot this year,&#8221; Adetshina said. &#8220;We had so many women who are mothers, who are married; we really had the year of breaking stereotypes and just being so inclusive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;So I feel like we&#8217;re getting somewhere,&#8221; she said, &#8220;but the organization can do better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Jakrajutatip previously received backlash when a video from an October 2023 Miss Universe staff meeting was leaked. The footage, which was obtained by BI, shows the CEO telling her staff that diverse pageant contestants &#8220;can compete, but they can&#8217;t win,&#8221; calling it a &#8220;communication strategy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In a February statement on <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/annejkn.official\/posts\/pfbid02vvV2HZCv4zKf3h1gYfxXUASqrsAv9xbRcZWxdt3uWe8x5AYSFXzw3HrxxZUR2b7Ql\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:her Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><u>her Facebook page<\/u><\/a>, Jakrajutatip said she was discussing a potential Miss Universe reality show rather than the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Representatives for Jakrajutatip and the Miss Universe organization did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Miss Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina during the Miss Universe finals.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/GiSk3UbR0z5YYFMfXqzq8A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/business_insider_articles_888\/cbbc949d4e69d1470f457a3e44728e87\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Miss Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina during the Miss Universe finals.<span class=\"copyright\">Hector Vivas\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">As the chatter surrounding Miss Universe continues, Adetshina hopes more people focus on the &#8220;amount of work that beauty queens put in to achieve their dreams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;I really wish more people knew what beauty queens go through because each and every one of us has a different journey,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Adetshina&#8217;s own journey to the Miss Universe stage was tumultuous . She was invited to compete in the Miss Nigeria pageant after she had to withdraw from Miss South Africa following xenophobic online attacks about her Nigerian name (Adetshina was born in South Africa, but her father is from Nigeria).<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">&#8220;People underestimate beauty queens,&#8221; Adetshina added. &#8220;We always think it&#8217;s just about the crown and the walk, but you get to empower and inspire a lot of people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/miss-universe-finalist-miss-nigeria-ceo-controversy-miss-denmark-11\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Business Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/miss-universe-runner-says-she-112901214.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip praised winner Victoria Kjaer Theilvig&#8217;s blond hair and blue eyes. 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