While Indian-American Nina Davuluri’s crowning elicited racist backlash in the United States, the South Asian diaspora is having a different debate.
On Sunday night, Miss New York Nina Davuluri was crowned Miss America.
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Davuluri quickly became a target for Arab, Muslim, and Indian stereotypes within the United States.
Simultaneously, a second conversation began: How would Davuluri be received by the South Asian beauty industry?
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With very few exceptions, Indian pageants have tended to reward fairer-skinned contestants.
Pictured: Top three contestants from Miss India 2013.
