Rabiya Mateo and asked the public to stop online hate comments against pageant candidates.
Bernardo, who finished 1st runner-up during the Miss Grand International 2020, shared this via Instagram Stories on May 5 which had since been expired on the platform.
Some Facebook pages dedicated to beauty pageant conversations managed to make screenshots of these post and shared them on the platform.
“Please let’s stop hate. Let’s focus on supporting our queens without putting others down. I believe and I truly support Rabiya Mateo. She can win and be the next Miss Universe because she is smart, beautiful and purposeful,” Bernardo said.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 5) Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo reminded Filipino fans to refrain from leaving out racist and other hate comments towards other candidates.
In a virtual media conference on Wednesday, Mateo raised concerns on the post of Miss Universe Canada Nova Stevens, which showed some Filipinos bullying her on social media. It makes me really sad. I saw the post of Nova earlier and I really feel sorry [for] her because nobody deserves to be in that position, Mateo said.
In Stevens Instagram post early Wednesday, she attached a photo of her, along with screenshots of comments from some Filipino Instagram users making fun of her skin color.
Miss Universe Canada 2020 contestant Nova Stevens has spoken out against the racist cyberbullying she is facing on her social media accounts while urging her fans to “spread love, not hate”. On Tuesday, Stevens, who was born in Kenya to Sudanese parents but moved to Canada when she was six, shared a photo of some of the derogatory comments that she has been receiving on her Instagram. The post sees a picture of Stevens with screenshots of the.
A student at State University of New York Geneseo claims he was suspended from the education program for his conservative Instagram posts regarding gender and leftist ideologies.