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| Kathy Zhu is a fan of Donald Trump. |
UPDATED July 20 10:40 a.m. PDT to clarify that she was a student at UCF and to incclude content of an email Miss World.
A beauty pageant contestant claims she was kicked out of the Miss World America pageant because some tweets that were called "offensive, insensitive and inappropriate," by contest organizers.
“They stripped me of my Miss Michigan title due to my refusal to try on a hijab in 2018, my tweet about black on black gun violence, and "insensitive" statistical tweets,” said Kathy Zhu, a University of Michigan student.
Zhu is a political commentator and online content producer, with about a combined 80,000 followers in her Instagram and Twitter accounts.
In February 2018, while still a student at University of Central Florida, on World Hijab Day, there was a booth on campus offering women a chance to try on a hijab. No one was being forced to wear one but it offered interested individuals a chance to try one on as a way to overcome the fear some people have the headcovering.
This prompted Xhu to tweet: "There is a 'try a hijab on' booth at my college campus. 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 transferred to the University of Michigan later that year.
The second controversial entry occurred in 2017 in a response to another tweet, in which Zhu says: "Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community before blaming others."
That tweet was accompanied by statistics. Zhu has said that she does not regard herself as a racist. In 2019, Zhu tweeted about that message, “When the left calls you racist for using statistics to back up your claim, you know you’re on the right side of history.”
This prompted Xhu to tweet: "There is a 'try a hijab on' booth at my college campus. 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 transferred to the University of Michigan later that year.
The second controversial entry occurred in 2017 in a response to another tweet, in which Zhu says: "Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community before blaming others."
That tweet was accompanied by statistics. Zhu has said that she does not regard herself as a racist. In 2019, Zhu tweeted about that message, “When the left calls you racist for using statistics to back up your claim, you know you’re on the right side of history.”
Zhu is a well-known political commentator and online figure, amassing approximately 80,000 followers in her Instagram and Twitter accounts combined.
"I have seen this happen before," Zhu told the Detroit Free Press on Thursday. "It is just not okay to be prejudiced against people who just have a different political view as you.”
Zhu still defends the two now-deleted tweets that she alleges caused the pageant to cut ties her.
Miss World America did not respond with comments despite repeated attempts to contact the organizers.
The purported e-mail to Zhu read:
The purported e-mail to Zhu read:
“It has been brought to the attention of Miss Word America (MWA) that your social media posts contain offensive, insensitive, and inappropriate content,” read the purported email from Miss World America to Zhu.
The email went on to state that Zhu was in violation of the pageant’s Rules and Conditions requiring contestants to be “of good character and whose background is not likely to bring into dispute Miss World America or any person associated with the organization.”
“Therefore, and effective immediately, WMA does not recognize you as a participant of any sort or in any capacity as it relates to any events or WMA,” the email continues. “Furthermore, let this communication serve as an official notice to remove any mention of yourself as a participant in MWA from all social media platforms.”
After the news story came out in the Detroit Free Press, she has become a celebrity for the right wing, although she describes herself liberal on some issues such as marijuana use and gay marriage.
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