Miss Universe in Israel, South Africa asks her candidate to boycott event

Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, is satisfied with the title won. And you renounce, by boycotting the event, to participate in Miss Universe, which this year takes place on December 12 in Elat. This is the appeal that the government of South Africa has addressed to “its most beautiful”, encouraged not to compete in Israel “for its atrocities committed against the Palestinians”. An invitation also addressed to Lalela by the ruling party of South Africa, the African National Congress, which invited the organizers of the South African competition to discourage Mswane from participating in Israel, which is hosting the event for the first time. “It proved difficult to get the Miss South Africa pageant organizers to reconsider their decision to attend the Miss Universe event,” South Africa’s Ministry of Arts and Culture said in a statement. A beauty contest ” is not a political event, ” the organizers of the contest in South Africa responded to pressure from the government. “We all know the boycott is not going to be the way we make a difference, I don’t think not participating and not going to that country, making your voice heard, is really the right thing,” said Stephanie Weil, CEO of the competition. Miss South Africa, quoted by Eye Witness News. Convinced of their participation in the event that takes place in Israel are the Miss of the United Arab Emirates and that of Morocco, who for the first time in decades will participate in the competition. The two countries have signed agreements for the normalization of relations with Israel during the Trump administration.