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Miss Michigan Claims She Lost Her Title Because She Loves Trump — There’s One Big Problem Though

The 2019 Miss Michigan winner Kathy Zhu alleged Miss World America officials may be discriminating “against people with conservative views” after she was stripped of her title over a handful of “offensive, insensitive and inappropriate” social media posts.

On Thursday, Zhu received notice that she was dismissed as a pageant participant for violating the requirement of “being of good character.”

Officials also indicated that she would be “likely to bring into disrepute Miss World America or any person associated with the organization.”

Zhu, a 20-year-old vocal supporter of Donald Trump, shared a screenshot of the letter she received on Twitter along with her reaction to the news.

However, Zhu was stripped of her title because she’s an Islamaphobe and racist.

In 2018, Zhu visited a Muslim Student Association booth at her university during World Hijab Day and refused to wear a hijab when she was offered the chance. “There is a ‘try a hijab on’ booth at my college campus,” she tweeted afterwards. “So you’re telling me that it’s now just a fashion accessory and not a religious thing? Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam?”

She also reportedly once replied to another Twitter user saying, “Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community before blaming others.”

Both tweets have since been deleted.

On Friday, she told Yahoo that the organization was at fault for “not vetting me properly before they signed me up for this.”

“They’re not letting people that represent another side of the story represent them,” she said. “They only want someone to say things that people want to hear. And there’s a lot of things in this world that it’s hard to hear, but it’ the truth.”

“It’s not even about a crown or a pageant,” she added, “It’s about the fact that people really do discriminate against people with conservative views.”

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