Johannesburg - Through no fault of her own, Miss Sweden was torn to shreds on Twitter in defence of the newly crowned Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi.
A curious tweet from a French account sought to compare Tunzi (Miss South Africa 2019) with her Swedish counterpart Lina Ljungberg, who was one of the more than 60 contestants vying for the crown.
Ljungberg had previously entered the Miss International pageant and had been expected to finish in the top five. However she did not make it beyond the top 20.
The tweet from @Damocles_Fr read: “On the left, Miss South Africa elected #MissUniverse2019. On the right, Miss Sweden eliminated to give her the place. Which of the two is the most beautiful without ideology, according to you?” (The tweet was translated by Google.)
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/MissUniverse2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MissUniverse2019.
À droite, miss Suède éliminée pour lui laisser la place.
Laquelle des deux est la plus belle sans idéologie, selon vous ? pic.twitter.com/NI5F2DlOSc
— Damoclès (@Damocles_Fr)
Through no fault of her own, Ljungberg found herself labelled "common" and "regular" by South African Twitter users who leaped to the defence of Miss Universe.
undefinedWell, I can throw a rock in a US city and hit 50 women that look exactly like Miss Sweden there... While Miss Universe has a unique beauty about her that's absolutely flawless.
— Ashleigh's Paradigm Shift (@ParadigmPins) December 10, 2019
Miss Sweden looks like 70% of Afrikaner girls in Rustenburg.
— A Senior Politician (@AusiLesedi) December 10, 2019
On date night.
At Spur.
People with a taste for life gesig. https://t.co/wiFExqM0wZ
These white people are going to get Miss Sweden dragged and the poor girl didn't even say anything.... pic.twitter.com/1aDDpUSYXf
— MAKUBALO (@premium_xh) December 10, 2019
Miss Sweden is just white .. Miss south africa is just drop dead gorgeous https://t.co/P7xjqPpmUi
— Okanta (@Okanta80022287) December 10, 2019
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/MissUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MissUniverse pic.twitter.com/3ZoLsdfZKQ
— SMC Collection (@smccollection)
Let's leave Miss Sweden out this mess, she's probably on a plane home drinking water minding her own business...
— Shaolin.T (@ShaolieShaolin) December 10, 2019