See earlier thread here https://www.nairaland.com/3566079/sephora-ikalaba-crowned-miss-helsinki

Nigerian Woman Sparks Outrage In Finland After Winning Their Beauty Pageant ...


A Nigerian lady, Sephora Iklaba, 19, who was crowned Miss. Helsinki on Friday is currently stirring up dust after news filtered out that she is a Nigerian.

Many furious Finns have taken to social media to disagreed with her win. According to a report on Barstool, Fans of the competition felt that Sephora, who is a Yoruba-Nigerian should not have been able to enter as she was not born in Finland while others felt she was not beautiful enough.

"Hundreds, who felt she lack the good looks to win, took to social media to voice their opinions.

One Facebook user wrote: “Political correctness won. She’s damn ugly and not even from Finland.” Another commented: “This is disgraceful and biased.” And a third added:

“It’s not that she’s black, it’s that she’s the least beautiful of all the entrants.”

Some of the reactions on Twitter were a bit less diplomatic:

http://www.newseveryhour.com/2017/01/nigerian-woman-sparks-outrage-in.html

hmm

Her nose got her the award

lobatan

Well she is a Nigerian, so she deserves dat award


Make I no for once promote made in Nigeria

Truly, the Nigerian no fine reach others o.... But she must have been more intelligent than others which made her winner.

Well it' a beauty pageant. It's not only about the looks.

Most of us confused being pretty with being beautiful.

There’s a difference between pretty and beautiful. When someone is pretty, the person has a good appearance, but when someone is beautiful, the person shines on the inside and out.

They were not even allowed to win their own pageant! NAIJA, I hail thee.

Painment


E pain the paleskin guy
Enemy of progress

I'm sitting down with one cute dark gal like that in a KeKe and she is smiling at me seductively...I won't smile back until she pays her transport fare.
Dis nah buhari regime I hear say laugh don add price

The judges should just come out and state the criteria the Nigerian chic used to win the award. If na by beauty, she no try.

i know it is good to support our own,but this time i just cant.
The runner up has it for me.

How?

Nigeria, we can scam our way to anything sha

Hmmmm I think it's not about looks only. Those complaining must be surprised

Maybe the organizers were looking at inner beauty

e pain them

the girl na YOLOBA

ayindejimmy:
Well it' a beauty pageant. It's not only about the looks

I guess they all fail to realize this..

I want you people to know it's not just about the beauty but brain too

Of what use is beauty without brain?
Beauty pageantry ain't just about the looks there is far more to it
She deserves it

Miss "Helsinki" won by a Nigerian is surely a political stunt played by the organizers to either promote racial equality or beat the drums of war between black and white. I for one won't be happy if Miss "Nigeria" is won by a white immigrant from Brazil #fact. It's just wrong from the organizers. The winner was an immigrant and should not even participate.

Please before you quote wrongly how about we have our next Miss ABUJA pageants with participants from India, Brazil and Singapore and in the end please award the title of MISS ABUJA to a Brazilian.

omo the winner is worgly oh...chissos


any way she's a Nigerian and has made us proud...congrats Miss Sephora IsakabaIklaba

Her nose...oxygen collector.

Political correctness gradually destroying the west. WTF is this world turning into? A bunch of hyper-sensitive, everything goes, dishonest and azz kissing people now populate the world.

In fairness to the complainant, why would such a woman even consider going for a beauty pageant. This is not about racism. Would she have won any beauty pageant in Nigeria? This controversy should have been avoided. She shouldn't have won. Though I learnt that ugly black woman actually look more beautiful in the eyes of some white people. It is possible some of the judges fall in this category of people.