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Highlights from the Miss Universe 2019; Miss South Africa Wins Crown
After six years, a black woman finally won the title of Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi of South Africa.
Leila Lopes of Angola was the first black woman to have received the title in the 2011 pageant after she was Madison Anderson of Puerto Rico and Sofia Argon of Mexico as the runners up.
Tunzi said” I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful, I think that it is time that that stops today,”.
In the final interview, this beautiful lady was about teaching young girls today.
This Miss Universe winner stressed the value of teaching young girls about leadership. She said “It’s something that has been lacking in young girls and women for a very long time — not because we don’t want to, but because of what society has labeled women to be, think we are the most powerful beings on the world, and that we should be given every opportunity,” she also said, adding: “And that is what we should be teaching these young girls — to take up space.”
In her reflection, Zozibini wrote, “Tonight a door was opened, and I could not be more grateful to have been the one to have walked through it.
“May every little girl who witnessed this moment forever believe in the power of her dreams, and may they see their faces reflected in mine. I proudly state my name Zozibini Tunzi, Miss Universe 2019!”
Zozibini won Miss South Africa in August and has a description from the Miss Universe as “proud advocate for natural beauty”. She is also a passionate activist and has been engaging herself against gender-based violence. Furthermore, “She has devoted her social media campaign to changing the narrative around gender stereotypes.”
Oprah Winfrey praised the winner on her comment about leadership:
Congratulations, Miss South Africa, the new Miss Universe @zozitunzi! Agree with you…leadership is the most potent thing we should be teaching young women today. We welcome your visit to #OWLAG, our Leadership Academy for Girls
Steve Harvey was the host for the Miss. Universe for the 5th time around, and there was a slight mix up; he said that Miss Philippines won the National Costume Contest, but the one who came out on stage was Miss Malaysia.
This year’s pageant has already been history as there was a first openly gay contestant who joined the show, Miss. Myanmar, Swe Zin Htet.
The winner from last year was Catriona Gray of the Philippines and talked about her extraordinary life-changing and purposeful year during her final walk “We’re getting this amazing platform to voice the things we’re passionate about, the things we care about,” she said in a video. “I always had a voice, but Miss Universe allowed me to amplify it.”
Prizes for Miss Universe to name a few is a one-year rent-free stay in a New York apartment and a salary of around $100,000.
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NEW K.ID, the No.1 TV channel for all K-Pop entertainment and source (https://cutt.ly/NEWKID), announced its weekly chart for the 3rd week of August.
BLACKPINK retains its #1 spot in the NEW K.ID’s weekly chart for three consecutive weeks as they tie with WINNER’s previous record. BLACKPINK has announced a new single dropping on August 28th which will be a collaboration with American pop star, Selena Gomez. Selena Gomez also recently teased her collaboration with BLACKPINK on her Instagram post captioned, “SELPINK pulling up soon. 8/28”.
Following their release of the single, BLACKPINK will be releasing their first debut album on October 2nd.
PENTAGON, SHINee, GWSN, and N.Flying all retained their spots in TOP5. The 6th place, WINNER, celebrated their 6th year debut anniversary. MINO posted a photo of WINNER on his Instagram, celebrating the time and unforgettable memories that they have spent together for the last 6 years.
Ranked at #9, SF9’s Rowoon has been named as ‘The North Face white label’s F/W’ model and its brand ambassador. With a height over 6’3’’, Rowoon not only has a youthful personality but also has various talents as he can both sing and act in various entertainment fields. The North Face saw that Rowoon’s versatility perfectly matched its brand image and decided to partner with Rowoon.
Coming in at #10, DAY6’s sub-unit, Even of Day, is releasing a new album, ‘The Book of Us: Gluon – Nothing can tear us apart’ on August 31st. All 7 songs in the album are written and produced by the Even of Day members. Young K is expected to play guitar in place of Sungjin and Jae. JYP’s representative commented, “Young K showed his expertise on the bass guitar and will continue to play more instruments.” It was also mentioned that Wonpil’s synthesizer and Dowoon’s electronic drum will be key in this album.
Additionally, in last week’s ‘2020 SORIBADA BEST K-MUSIC AWARDS’, GWSN and LOONA won New Wave New Artist Awards while GFRIEND took the main prize (bonsang) home.
NEW K.ID, the only TV channel that allows viewers to enjoy K-POP Idol-related content programming 24/7 and exclusive episodes curated from 10K+ videos, is available at CH 511 for free on LG Smart TVs and XUMO apps on all Internet-connected devices.
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Death after unmasked arrest – Mexico Floyd
The official reason for the arrest revealed by the police is not known, but the video footage posted on social media at the time of the arrest suggests that the reason is “not wearing a mask.”
Amid a stir across the U.S. over the “George Floyd” incident that killed white police abuses, similar cases of abuse of public power have been revealed in Mexico, sparking public outrage.
The daily El Universal has been protesting against the incident since it was belatedly revealed that construction worker Giovanni Lopez died the next day after being arrested by police in Guadalajara, western Mexico, on April 4.
The official reason for the arrest revealed by the police is not known, but the video footage posted on social media at the time of the arrest suggests that the reason is “not wearing a mask.”
Death of George Floyd
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street