Thread: OUTRAGEOUS article: Mexicans boo Miss USA

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Published Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Mexicans Boo Miss USA, Showing Discord

By JULIE WATSON
Associated Press Write


Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007, poses just moments before falling during the evening gown competition of the Miss Universe 2007 pageant in Mexico City, Monday, May 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Many here south of the border reveled in her disastrous evening: First Miss USA Rachel Smith slipped and fell on her bottom during the Miss Universe evening gown competition. Then she was booed by hundreds in the Mexican audience.

The treatment of the Tennessee beauty queen was nothing personal. It had more to do with Mexico's sometimes tense relationship with its powerful northern neighbor.

U.S. athletes have sparked a similar response. In 2005, when the U.S. played Mexico during a World Cup soccer qualifier, the crowd booed the U.S. national anthem and a smattering of fans chanted "Osama! Osama!" during the game.

Smith was booed repeatedly during her stay in Mexico, including last week, when she carried a guitar and wore an Elvis-style suit during a parade of national costumes held in downtown Mexico City.

She kept her poise during an interview Monday night with pageant judges, despite the boos and chants of "Mexico! Mexico!" that drowned out her answer.

"I am very passionate about education and being in South Africa sparked my interest in that," said Smith, a journalism graduate who volunteered for a month at talk show host Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa.

Then she paused, smiled and spoke in Spanish. "Buenas noches Mexico. Muchas gracias!" which earned her some applause and some chuckles.

Miss Japan Riyo Mori, who went on to win the crown, opened her interview with "Hola Mexico!" to cheers and claps. Her personal trainer, Ines Ligron, said she had warned Mori about the importance of speaking in Spanish to win over the crowd.

Even an opening "hola" might not have helped Smith, who faced long odds for simply being a gringa.

U.S.-Mexico relations worsened in the past year after the U.S. National Guard was sent to the U.S.-Mexico border to assist the U.S. Border Patrol and help build hundreds of miles of wall to keep out illegal migrants.

Mexicans are also upset over a U.S. Senate proposal for a sweeping immigration reform bill that would limit the consideration of family ties, capping visas for foreign parents of U.S. citizens at 40,000 a year. The plan would change a system that favored family ties for four decades.

Many Mexicans also feel that the United States exerts its influence to tip the balance in its favor, whether in global politics or sports events.

On Tuesday, Mexican media lamented the fact that their contestant, Rosa Maria Ojeda, did not make it to the top five in the pageant while Smith did, despite falling down on the runway. Smith's fifth place finish only added to the theory that the United States always is favored.

The Mexican newspaper El Universal said Ojeda's fans were not as upset about her top-10 finish as they were that "the judges did not penalize that fact that Miss USA totally fell on her seat after she stepped on her dress."

The newspaper said that when the show went to a commercial break, an NBC representative warned the audience of 9,000 to behave because "this gives the world a bad image of Mexico."

Donald Trump, who co-owns the pageant, brushed off the ruckus as Mexicans' frustration with Washington politics.

Smith did not comment publicly after the contest. On Tuesday, she flew back to the United States.

The newspaper said that when the show went to a commercial break, an NBC representative warned the audience of 9,000 to behave because "this gives the world a bad image of Mexico."

That amonst many other things!!!!

There is already another thread regarding this open.
Ok never mind I can't find it.

These people just have no class what so ever, this girl from Tenn. was of Hispanic heritage and they should have been proud of her no matter where she grew up.

She was beautiful and had a lot of courage, and I my self felt so bad for her because of ignorance.

How ironic!! Using a forgein worker to do the job a mejican couldn't...

Since the Mexicans dislike us so much, we should be good neighbors and make sure they all go back to their own country, that way they won't have to tolerate us.

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

These people just have no class what so ever, this girl from Tenn. was of Hispanic heritage and they should have been proud of her no matter where she grew up.

She was beautiful and had a lot of courage, and I my self felt so bad for her because of ignorance.

Trump is full of it. This has absolutely nothing to do with "Washington politics." It has everything to do with the fact that the Mexican government trains its people to be anti-American. It has everything to do with the fact that Mexico is full of ethno-centric, nationalistic people who are jealous of their northern neighbors for being so much better. What questionable Washington policies are they booing every single time the US soccer team plays in Mexico?? Why did they chant "Osama" when we played them a few years back? And why the hell do they boo our national anthem and tear apart our flag in our own country?

All because they have the nerve to be think that Washington's AMNESTY proposal isn't enough? Puh-lease Donald. Just looking out for his corporate chronies and cheap labor.

These Mexicans shout us down every time they have the opportunity. We need to take off the kid gloves and kick them square in their collectives asses.

This comment from above article:

"Many Mexicans also feel that the United States exerts its influence to tip the balance in its favor, whether in global politics or sports events."


Strikes me as to just how much this new fangled "Hate-America" trend is due to the envy and paranoia of people at our being a superpower. They have no problem with it over the decades that we help everybody out and been a voice of reason and freedom for all in the world though huh? We have been the most generous nation in the world and look at the way we are treated. Goes to show you cannot trust anybody and furthermore the national pocket book should be closed and see how they like it then.

As for what they did to Miss America? Well this is just another thing that proves how classless and ill-mannered the ignorant masses in Mexico are. I mean really, please. This lady didn't deserve that. Keep it up and you will fully get your wish of "racist" Americans.