Dethroned Myanmar beauty queen to India Today: World media promoting Rohingyas, not showing Myanmar's side

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Myanmar's beauty queen, Shwe Eain Si, who was dethroned from her pageant title, feels that the world media is promoting Rohingya Muslims and have no idea about country's side of story.


Geeta Mohan | Edited by: Neha Vashishth
October 6, 2017 | UPDATED 19:00 IST


Photo: Facebook/Shwe Eain SiPhoto: Facebook/Shwe Eain Si


Just after Myanmar leader Aung San Su Ki had her "Freedom of Oxford" snatched after a vote by the council, another title from a Myanmar model has been stripped of after she accused Rohingyas of indulging in communal violence.


Shwe Eain Si, a beauty queen from Myanmar has claimed that she was stripped of the Miss Grand Myanmar 2017 pageant title after she posted a video accusing Rohingya Muslims of indulging in communal violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar.


The beauty queen speaking to India Today said that she wasn't even shown the courtesy of being informed before dethroning her and believes the sudden decision was because of her video.


"Mainly it's because of the Rohingya issue, about the video that I put out. About a week ago I got dethroned. They didn't get in touch with me, that's the thing. They didn't send me any warning, they didn't tell me anything by phone, by email or by text. They didn't do any of that", Ms. Si said.


On Sunday the firm behind the beauty pageant announced Shwe Eain Si had been stripped of her title for "breaching contract rules" but had no mention of video in the statement that they put out. Shwe maintains flouting of rules is just an excuse.
"They have got five factors in that notice about why they dethroned me. And even though that notice came out, a lot of people thought this was because just reason given because even after they have read this piece of paper, the people haven't understood really why they have dethroned me. In that notice they said that I'm not ready for the pageant, that I'm not doing things in the right order which is barely an excuse", she said.


On Wednesday, Miss Universe Myanmar, the firm behind the pageant explained rejected Shwe Eain Si's claims even praising the video clip in a limited manner. "The decision of Miss Universe Myanmar organisation regarding Shwe Eain Si was not related at all with the Rakhine video," the company said in a Facebook post.


Adding, "Although the video file posted now is good, it would be better if it was filmed more completely."


Myanmar's military has been accused of waging an "ethnic cleansing" campaign against the Rohingyas in the Rakhine state, leading to mass exodus of the inhabitants to bordering nations of Bangladesh and India.


This ethnic, religious conflict that has fraught this Buddhist nation for a long time now has spilled over into areas such as pageants. Ms. Si told India Today that even before this controversy broke out, she started receiving death threats online for representing the state of Myanmar.


"There are so many negative comments and negative happenings. I have received death threats saying you are representing Myanmar and so they will do this and that thing when I am in Vietnam for the competition. There have been detailed death threats", said the beauty queen.


She also hit out at the international bodies and media of falling for "campaigns" and "agendas" of a certain section (The Rohingyas) explaining that both sides need to be heard to under sat and the problem.


Si said, "It's a very complex issue in Burma (Myanmar) and a lot of people don't know too much about it. There are a lot of things that are happening in here that people need to know which was the main reason why I released the video. The news in public and world media basically says all the things about a particular side but they never mention anything about people of Rakhine who are getting hurt. Some people have questioned why I haven't mentioned the Rohingyas in the first place. I don't, because the world media is already promoting them. People know their side of the story, people haven't heard Myanmar's side of the story, people haven't heard Rakhine's side of the story which is why in my video I have specifically mentioned things that have been happening here so people can get more information and judge it for themselves."


http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/myanmar-beauty-queen-stripped-off-title-rohingyas-shwe-eain-si-arsa/1/1063000.html


 


 

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