Miss Turkey Loses Her Crown By Tweet

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A controversial tweet was the cause for the current Miss Turkey, Itir Esen, to have the crown removed that would lead her to represent her country in the Miss World pageant. The beauty queen used her menstrual period to comment on the 250 people who died during her opposition to last year's failed military coup.

"My period came on the morning of July 15, the day of the martyrs," Esen wrote on his Twitter account. "I am commemorating the bleeding day as a representation of the blood of the martyrs."

As mentioned by the AP agency, this comment was considered offensive by the organizers of the contest and decided to relieve her of the position as ambassador of her country, to let the second finalist, Asil Sumen, represent them in the beauty contest that will take place. out in China.

“The purpose of the event is to make Turkey known throughout the world and contribute to its image; We cannot accept such a message,”said Can Sandikcioglu, director of the Miss Turkey organization.

This tweet was published by Esen as the country held commemorative ceremonies to mark the first anniversary of the victims killed in the aforementioned coup.

Although at first the university student and model denied that the account was hers, the organizers were able to verify that she was the author of the letter on social networks.

"We are very sad to announce that beautiful reached the conclusion that the tweet was published by Itir Esen," confirmed the organization.