Miss USA Under Fire for Mocking Miss Cambodia and Miss Vietnam During Miss Universe Competition

[geovalin]

Sarah Rose Summers, Miss USA 2018, apologized via her Instagram account on Thursday after a video went viral of her making controversial comments about Nat Rern, Miss Cambodia and H’Hen Nie, Miss Vietnam for not speaking English during the Miss Universe competition.

 

Summers was called out online for mocking the two other contestants on Instagram Live; of Miss Vietnam, she commented: “She’s so cute and she pretends to know so much English and then you ask her a question after having a whole conversation with her and she goes…” before going on to mime nodding and smiling. Of Rern, she said, “Poor Cambodia” while talking about her not speaking English.

 

read more http://time.com/5479470/miss-usa-backlash/

[yellowboat]

A truly ugly American.   They do exist and are to be avoided. 

[phycokiller]

I dont see the insult, I have that experience in cambodia quite often. am I supposed to not mention it?

[animalmagic]

3 hours ago, geovalin said:

She’s so cute and she pretends to know so much English and then you ask her a question after having a whole conversation with her and she goes…” before going on to mime nodding and smiling.

That's not a conversation.  Perhaps the Vietnamese girl had heard enough rubbish and was pretending to listen to the American airhead?

[Pattaya46]

A rather bad comment seeing that its comes from a country where less than 1/5 of inhabitants are able to speak a second language...   (to compare to more than 1/2 in Europe and many other countries...)

 

PS: And before someone refutes it, source: Forbes

 

[Baerboxer]

35 minutes ago, phycokiller said:

I dont see the insult, I have that experience in cambodia quite often. am I supposed to not mention it?

 

So how many languages can you speak? And when someone can't speak English do you mock them?

[atyclb]

are contestants judged on their english language proficiency?

[farcanell]

This ugly American should be dumped by the pageant organizers immediately.... racist airhead... and... kicked out of Thailand, as well (or charged with defaming the kingdom via the Internet, and locked up ????)... what a disgrace.

 

but then, isn’t this a trump contest?

[The Theory]

A bimbo who is still stuck in high school. Some of them never leave their high school an mentally remain there for rest of their life. 

[alex8912]

2 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

A rather bad comment seeing that its comes from a country where less than 1/5 of inhabitants are able to speak a second language...   (to compare to more than 1/2 in Europe and many other countries...)

 

PS: And before someone refutes it, source: Forbes

 

Who would refute that and I’m sure it’s a bit more than 1/5 now because so many immigrants speak  their own language and some English. When much more than 1/2 the countries in Europe are the size of a peanut and most smaller than the majority of US states you actually NEED to speak another language to travel even 100k.  I’m  not defending Miss USA but your comment is pretty lame. But since it’s an anti American thread it’s not a big deal. 

Edited December 14, 2018 by alex8912

[farcanell]

Retraction and apology.

 

in my last posting I erroneously thought the American was having a dig at the thai contestant as well. Having reread the OP I see it was other SE Asian contestants, but not miss thai.... ergo no assault on the kingdoms reputation.

[foxboy]

superficially 'beautiful' and yet 'ugly' to the core.. kick her out of the competition

[petesc55]

It's always dangerous when you let them speak...

 

 

 

 

[MyFriend You]

1 hour ago, petesc55 said:

It's always dangerous when you let them speak...

 

 

 

 

barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen comes to mind here...............

[just bob]

Thailand = The land of saving face.

America = The land of in your face.

 

Never going back...

[K in BKK]

Another case of an inarticulate person being give a platform that we should ignore and as usual, as soon as she runs out of prepared remarks she becomes a patronising A hole.

[Tug]

How many languages does the American bimbo speak?i think her contest question should be how does she feel about the USA bombing the crap out of Cambodia during the Vietnam war?

[Bernie622]

I am an American and many of the women here in the USA would learn alot from Asian women....gentle, kindness and lack of arrogance. 

[Hummin]

31 minutes ago, Bernie622 said:

I am an American and many of the women here in the USA would learn alot from Asian women....gentle, kindness and lack of arrogance. 

Really? 

[Hummin]

10 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

A rather bad comment seeing that its comes from a country where less than 1/5 of inhabitants are able to speak a second language...   (to compare to more than 1/2 in Europe and many other countries...)

 

PS: And before someone refutes it, source: Forbes

 

I thought every American speak Spanish now? At least should, in respect I mean

[Monomial]

Did any of you actually bother to listen to the clip? It really doesn't sound all that bad in context. I think people are overly sensitive. It was basically her relaying an amusing anecdote from Vietnam and an expression of sympathy for Cambodia.

 

Much ado about nothing in my opinion. I suspect people are reading things into the comment that just weren't there.

 

[Ctkong]

17 hours ago, phycokiller said:

I dont see the insult, I have that experience in cambodia quite often. am I supposed to not mention it?

Not when you are in the limelight and supposed to project an image that is compassionate and not condescending.  Privately nobody care if you are a closet racist or ugly person. By the way, English is not cambodia’s first language... perhaps you can brush up your Cambodian language if you are going visiting your host country. Jeez.. some people expect their host country people to bend over and speak in their language ... just because they have a few coins to rub with. 

Edited December 15, 2018 by Ctkong

[Ctkong]

7 hours ago, Hummin said:

Really? 

Yes... Asian women are less confrontational and in your face attitude brought about by good family breeding .... you don’t have to be confrontational even if you are correct. Putting others down does not make you any smarter.. good teamwork excels always ...

American culture breed confrontations and that is why their games and leisure sports are always confrontational in nature. 

[Ctkong]

6 hours ago, Monomial said:

Did any of you actually bother to listen to the clip? It really doesn't sound all that bad in context. I think people are overly sensitive. It was basically her relaying an amusing anecdote from Vietnam and an expression of sympathy for Cambodia.

 

Much ado about nothing in my opinion. I suspect people are reading things into the comment that just weren't there.

 

Amusing anecdote? I would say it is in bad taste coming from a lady representing USA.... maybe she is a product of current America.. patronizing and condescending!

[Cats4ever]

She probably has her eye on a presidential run in a few years.

[Hummin]

8 hours ago, Ctkong said:

Yes... Asian women are less confrontational and in your face attitude brought about by good family breeding .... you don’t have to be confrontational even if you are correct. Putting others down does not make you any smarter.. good teamwork excels always ...

American culture breed confrontations and that is why their games and leisure sports are always confrontational in nature. 

Have you seen how asian women treat each other, range each other by age, weight, education, style, man, and so on. Never seen anyone been som judging and mean from first second, even before they got to know each other. Not even to speak when they know each other,and been friends, best friends, enemy, best friends, and so on

[phycokiller]

On 12/14/2018 at 2:21 PM, Baerboxer said:

 

So how many languages can you speak? And when someone can't speak English do you mock them?

barely one, its just an observation

[my friend I]

Maybe she like copied like this to like get out of  like talking to  like  an American.

 

Akie Abe, first lady of Japan and wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has spoken English many times in public, fluently, with only the slightest accent.

And yet, last week at the G20 summit in Germany, when the opera performance ended, Trump says she was seated next to him for dinner and simply sat in silence, rather than endure the presidential chit chat.

She appears to have pretended not to speak English, pulling off one of the greatest tricks in the history of dinner diplomacy.

 

“So, I was seated next to the wife of Prime Minister Abe, who I think is a terrific guy, and she’s a terrific woman, but doesn’t speak English,” Trump told reporter Maggie Haberman.

“Like, nothing, right? Like zero?” Haberman asked.

“Like, not ‘hello,’” said Trump.