Self-deprecating Miss California USA tries to make amends
“I
don’t know about the economy” Nadia Mejia sings in a video after
flubbing a question on economic equality in the U.S. She also pokes fun
at herself on Instagram.
LAS
VEGAS—Miss California USA is poking some fun at herself after flubbing a
question about the United States’ economic gap during the Miss USA
pageant.
Nadia Mejia was widely mocked on
social media after stumbling, closing her eyes and pausing when
answering the question Sunday about economic inequality.
Mejia
answered her critics on Instagram, writing that she was praying to God
for the right words and he answered, “It’ll take longer than 30 seconds
to answer that babe.” She also posted a video of her singing “I don’t
know about the economy” to the tune of the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It
That Way.”
The 20-year-old model is the daughter of 1990s one-hit-wonder singer Gerardo, known for “Rico Suave.”
Miss
Hawaii Chelsea Hardin, who came in second to winner Deshauna Barber of
the District of Columbia, punted when asked who she would vote for among
the likely presidential candidates, Republican Donald Trump or Democrat
Hillary Clinton. The question was framed with Clinton’s likely status
of being the first woman nominated by a major political party in the
race for the White House.
Hardin
said there was no way to correctly answer the question during the
beauty pageant and that gender doesn’t matter when deciding the
president.
Many
on social media criticized the question from Harper’s Bazaar editor
Laura Brown, saying that asking a contestant to reveal who she is
planning to vote for is inappropriate.
Brown
defended herself on Twitter, saying that she asked the question she was
given. She says Miss Hawaii “answered beautifully.”
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