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The pageant was used as a platform to address issues such as #StopAsianHate, the military coup in Myanmar, the Coronavirus crisis in India, LGBTQIA+ rights and more.
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In advocating a stop to hate crimes, Ms Bernadette Belle Ong called attention to Singapore s flag. - MISS UNIVERSE SINGAPORE
MANILA (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore s contender in the Miss Universe beauty pageant used the national costume segment of the contest to call for a stop to racist attacks on Asians in the United States.
Bernadette Belle Ong wore a flaming red bikini, high boots and a long cape with the colours of Singapore s flag with the words: Stop Asian Hate . What is the platform for if I can t use it to send a strong message of resistance against prejudice and violence? Ong, 27, said in a post on her Instagram account.