Keyboard warriors targeted finalists of a local beauty pageant after an Instagram reel in the style of the This Or That trend was shared recently in hopes of showing the light side of pageantry. Miss Grand Singapore, organised by AO Ventures, posted a video featuring its 14 finalists on April 29. It has since garnered about 400,000 views.
Unfortunately, the majority of the netizens who chose to comment on the video had cruel criticisms of the contestants. One wrote: "Totally CMI (cannot make it). There are so many pretty ones and only these ones participate.
" Another asked if there were "no minimum standards" for this pageant. Others criticised the organiser for not ensuring the girls were "presentable" before recording the video. A post shared by AO Ventures Pte Ltd (@aoventuresasia) According to AO Venture's pageant national director Adeline Hokulani, the This Or That video was just something spontaneous and fun.
“Our intention was just to have fun with each other,” she explained. “It was early in the morning and their first training in which we introduced everyone to each other. “Even though there were comments that none of them were wearing make-up, a number of the girls did have make-up on.
Perhaps the camera and studio lighting made it look like they were not wearing any.” If it were up to Ms Hokulani, she would have preferred to have the women turn up for training fully made up and dressed appropriately but acknowledged that most of the finalists are new to p.
