Kenya beauty pageant in pickle over Trump

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Kenya beauty pageant in pickle over Trump

7:19 CAT | 30 Jan 2017

Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, African Union Commission Chairperson and former South African Minister of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Home Affairs attends a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Twitter / Mary Esther Were

Kenya’s representative in the 2017 Miss Universe competition found herself in the middle of the divisive American politics by saying President Donald Trump was not the voters’ first choice in response to a question about Mr Trump’s first week in office.

Mary Esther Were, 27, said many Americans preferred Hillary Clinton inviting jeers from the audience in Manila, Philippines.

She ended her answer by saying that Mr Trump had unified the country angering many more who had been protesting against Mr Trump’s travel ban which targets people from seven mainly Muslim countries – three of them in Africa.

Mr Trump was the co-owner of the Miss Universe pageant before selling it in 2015.

Miss France was crowned the 2017 winner.

Source: BBC