"Victoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark was crowned Miss Universe 2024, marking the first Dane to win the competition. Rather than celebrating the aspiring lawyer's win for the light she has shone on mental health awareness and animal rights advocacy, far-right social media users have instead attempted to use Theilvig as a pawn to mark 'anti-wokeness'."
"It appears that Theilvig is being hailed as a martyr for the 'anti-woke' movement as her appearance adheres to Eurocentric beauty ideals, and she is not a woman of colour, nor is she trans or plus-sized."
"Despite the problematic rhetoric, Cisgender women have never been prevented from competing in the Miss Universe pageant, even since the first trans woman, Angela Ponce, competed in 2018. In fact, no out trans women have won the title in the pageant's 72-year history."
"This is, unfortunately, not the first time that those on the right have used a woman's body to prove 'anti-wokeness'. Sydney Sweeney was the subject of similar discourse when she hosted Saturday Night Live earlier this year."
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