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. 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. Ms. Si told India Today that even before this controversy broke out, she started receiving death threats online for representing the state of Myanmar. Si said, "It's a very complex issue in Burma (Myanmar) and a lot of people don't know too much about it.

Source: India Today October 06, 2017 12:11 UTC