The girl who was declared Miss in Papua New Guinea, a country in the ocean, was stripped of her crown after sharing a video of herself doing a twerk on TikTok, while critics say the incident reveals a culture of deep of misogyny in the country.
Lucy Maino, 25, who also served as captain of the Papua New Guinea women's soccer team, faced major online harassment after posting the video doing a twerk on TikTok.
Although videos of this nature are common in the app, Maino's already deleted video was considered by critics to be appropriate for a "model example". The video was downloaded from the private account and shared on social networking platforms and YouTube , where thousands of people criticized Lucy. After the video, she was stripped of her Miss crown.
"Our main goal is to empower women. "We are a unique platform in the style of the competition that promotes cultural heritage, traditional values ??and communication through tourism for our country and our people," the beauty pageant representatives said in a statement. "We promote the virtues of trust, self-esteem, integrity and community service with a parallel focus on education."
Allan Bird, co-chair of the Coalition of Parliamentarians Against Gender-Based Violence, denounced online harassment of Lucy by writing on social media: "What kind of society condemns the torture and murder of women while upset when a young woman makes a dance video ? ”
"I'm sure if a man were to make a video on TikTok, we would all laugh or even praise him," she said.
Source: Guardian
