Miss USA Kara McCullough clarifies controversial Q&A responses
The new Miss USA is a feminist after all.
After receiving backlash for her response in the final Question and Answer portion of the recently concluded pageant, beauty queen Kara McCullough had the chance to elaborate on her answer further in an interview with women's magazine Cosmopolitan.
McCullough said that she's "all about women's rights" and added, "Yes, I would have to say I am a feminist."
However, she still has reservations about the term and gave preference to the term "equalism" because she sees "firsthand in the workplace that we need those equal opportunities when it comes to leadership."
"And you know, the word [feminism] can carry different connotations [depending on what] generation you come from, or what background, but I don’t want anyone to think I’m not an active [supporter of] women’s rights," she explained.
The beauty queen also stated that she would have preferred a four-hour long discussion on healthcare instead of a 30 second quip.
"If I have the opportunity just to clarify, I would definitely love to let people know that, yes I am privileged to have health insurance — it’s a privilege for me, and I’m thankful for that. But I also do believe health insurance is a right for everyone," she said.
McCullough's response that healthcare is a privilege left a lot of people either scratching their heads in confusion or just downright angry.
Asked if health care is a right or privilege, McCullough said during the pageant, "I'm definitely going to say it's a privilege, As a government employee, I am granted health care and I see first-hand that for one to have health care, you have to have jobs."
She added, "So therefore, we need to continue to cultivate this environment that we're given the opportunity to have health care as well as jobs to all American citizens worldwide."
Eyebrows were further raised and McCullough eventually trended when she gave this response to the final question "What do you consider feminism to be and do you consider yourself a feminist?":
So as a woman scientist in the government, I’d like to transpose the word feminism to equalism. I don’t really want to consider myself, I try not to consider myself, like, this die hard, ‘I don’t really care about men.’ But one thing I’m going to say is, though, women we are just as equal as men when it comes to opportunity in the workplace. And I say firsthand I have witnessed the impact that women have in leadership in the medical scientists as well as just in the office environment.
So as Miss USA I would hope to promote that type of leadership responsibility globally to so many women worldwide.
McCullough was crowned Miss USA on Sunday by outgoing queen Deshauna Barber, who is also from District of Columbia. This is the first back-to-back win in Miss USA since 1989. — AT, GMA
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