Karlie Hay, the newly crowned Miss Teen USA, has been dragged all over Twitter for her excessive use of the N-word.
Shortly after Hay was crowned, posts from her Twitter account fromย January 2014 and July 2013 surfaced online, showing Hayโs use of the N-word repeatedly and often, and it wasnโt long before the internet started to come out against her, wondering how she could be awarded the Miss Teen USA honor with an account riddled with racial slurs.
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Among the naysayers wasย former Miss Teen USA Kamie Crawford, who seemed to be shocked that Hay was not better prepared for cleaning up her public image: โIf u win any pageant โ first things first. Clean up ur page. Cus if ur under 21 u shouldnโt b drinking&if ur WHITE the n word ainโt yo word!โ
Although Hay has not issued a direct apology, she did say that she had been โusing language publicly in the past which I am not proud of.โ
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But no one is impressed by her non-apology.
Director Xavier Burgin, one of the first to share the screenshots, tweeted: โYou can win Miss Teen USA, you can handle the extra (justified scrutiny) for your racist behaviorโ and then added โAndย @MissTeenUSAย needs to address this and revoke Karlie Hayโs win, or set the precedent racists are welcome to their event.โ
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