- Title: Newly-crowned Miss Venezuela talks Trump, crisis in first public comments
- Date: 6th October 2016
- Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (OCTOBER 6, 2016) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MISS VENEZUELA 2016, KEYSI SAYAGO, ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE SAYAGO WAVING, SITTING BETWEEN FINALISTS CLOSE-UP OF SAYAGO SAYAGO SITTING DURING NEWS CONFERENCE FINALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MISS VENEZUELA 2016, KEYSI SAYAGO, SAYING: "I do not share the opinions of that man (Donald Trump), I don't agree, however, we have to be tolerant and respect the opinion of each person a little bit." GUESTS AT NEWS CONFERENCE WATCHING FINALISTS SAYAGO PASSING MICROPHONE TO FINALIST (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MISS VENEZUELA 2016, KEYSI SAYAGO, SAYING: "With respect to the crisis in Venezuela, it affects us all, none of us have been saved from this, but we have tried to remain in a bubble because at the end of the day this is a beauty contest, and we had to keep up a good attitude throughout it, we could not allow ourselves to get swept up in all the bad things, on the contrary, this gave our country a reason to smile." PHOTOGRAPHER AT NEWS CONFERENCE CLOSE-UP OF SAYAGO AND HER CROWN SAYAGO AND FINALISTS SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS SHE IS PRESENTED WITH A CAKE SAYAGO BLOWING OUT CANDLE SAYAGO SITTING WITH FINALISTS AND SPEAKING
- Embargoed: 21st October 2016 18:38
- Keywords: Miss Venezuela Donald Trump Nicolas Maduro Keysi Sayago
- Location: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- City: CARACAS, VENEZUELA
- Country: Venezuela
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00152VBZNN
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- Story Text:The newly crowned Miss Venezuela said on Wednesday (October 6) that she did not agree with controversial U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump who has come under fire for his comments about the appearances of several women including beauty pageant winners.
Keysi Sayago, 22, who represented the state of Monagas, won the title at Venezuela's 64th national pageant and the right to represent her country at Miss Universe 2017. She was also crowned Miss Smiles and Miss Attitude, chosen from among 24 contestants.
"I do not share the opinions of that man (Donald Trump), I don't agree, however, we have to be tolerant and respect the opinion of each person a little bit," said Sayago.
Trump has come under fire by opposition candidate, Hilary Clinton, for making disparaging comments about women's physical appearance, including calling former beauty queen Alicia Machado's "Miss Piggy" after she gained weight following her Miss Universe win in 1996.
Sayago also commented on the political and economic crisis ravaging Venezuela, where the International Monetary Fund projected an inflation rate of 475 percent for 2016.
"With respect to the crisis in Venezuela, it affects us all, none of us have been saved from this, but we have tried to remain in a bubble because at the end of the day this is a beauty contest, and we had to keep up a good attitude throughout it, we could not allow ourselves to get swept up in all the bad things, on the contrary, this gave our country a reason to smile," said Sayago.
Venezuela has produced seven Miss Universes, behind only the United States with eight. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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