Social media was abuzz
overnight in the wake of Nina Davuluri being crowned as Miss America 2014.
And
a lot of the tweets were attacks on the fact that she is the first woman of
Indian descent to win the pageant and wear the crown.
She
was referred to as "the Arab," by some and other commenters noted
"This is America, not India." One called her "Miss 7-11."
There
were those who huffed about it being inappropriately close to 9/11.
Some
mentioned ties to al-Qaeda and at least one flat-out called her a terrorist.
Buzzfeed collected
many of them. Some have already been deleted.
Davuluri
brushed it all off in her first news conference after winning the crown.
"I'm
so happy this organization has embraced diversity," she said, according to
AP. "I'm thankful there are children watching at home who can finally
relate to a new Miss America."
As
for the negativty, she said, "I have to rise above that. I always viewed
myself as first and foremost American."
Meanwhile,
Davuluri, 24, started her reign having to apologize and explain about a
different story entirely.
On Good Morning America Monday, she answered questions about a
story that surfaced several days before Sunday night's pageant.
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