Belleza Nacional Cuba, official holder of Cuba’s Miss Intercontinental franchise, made a public apology after their contestant Yeniffer Marin blamed favoritism in the contest that witnessed the crowning of Filipino beauty queen Cinderella Obenita.
Belleza Nacional Cuba took to social media recently to apologize to those offended by the accusations made by Marin.
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Fans accused her of being unfair to Cinderella Obenita, but Yennifer made clear she didn’t attack her.
“We are extremely sorry to our Filipino community and Miss Intercontinental Organization. As an organization we do not condone or celebrate this type of behavior. We as an organization believe that queens need to support queens, empower women, and carry their flags with respect because that is a privilege and not a right,” read the statement.
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It added: “This has never happened within our organization as we have had outstanding candidates in the past. Please, accept our sincere apologies as an organization. This will not ever happen again. Our Cuban women are strong and leaders in their communities, therefore we are deeply sorry once again. We wholeheartedly congratulate, Cindy Obenita for her win as Miss Intercontinental 2021,” posted Belleza Nacional Cuba.
Earlier, Yennifer had posted on Instagram: “RIP to my desire to participate in a fraud again. Thank you to @missintercontinental for showing me that #powerofbeauty is to have money, power and, influential direction #missintercontinental #egypt” (AW)
