Devina DeDiva Racist Comments Against Miss World Megan Young of the Philippines

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"A Facebook comment supposedly calling Miss World 2013 Megan Young and Filipinos "poor, filthy maids" triggered online outrage on Tuesday, as screenshots of the alleged post made the rounds on social networking sites.

"Miss Philippines is Miss World? What a joke! I did not know those maids have anything else in them," a certain Devina DeDiva was quoted as saying in the viral photos.

Responding to a comment saying Filipino women are "cute, humble and honest," DeDiva said, "They are poor, smelly from cleaning toilets and uneducated."

"They are less privileged everywhere," she added. "What a joke those people cleaning our toilets won Miss World!"

The account went on to call Filipino girls "easy," as she challenged commenters to air their "baseless opinions."

She added: "Those of you who wrote negatively to my comment, I got one question -- who are you to stop my words when the world is democratic in freedom of speech?"

Addressing a comment saying, "We should not look down upon others," DeDiva continued, "Maids are not to be looked upon."

"They are mostly filthy maids and will be only of that status. End of story," she said.

A Facebook page named "Haters of Devina Dediva" was also put up amid the online spread of the "racist" comments. As of writing, the page already had over 9,100 likes.

The page's description read: "Never, even a single Filipino, deserved to be looked down... This page is for all the people who are victims of discrimination and racism."

One Pinoy netizen's tweet posted on Tuesday afternoon addressed DeDiva, saying, "Kapag ang Pinoy gumanti, lagot ka!" - ABS-CBNNews.com

I'm actually not angry, rather, I find this hilarious. I feel sorry for her because I can feel some strong sense of insecurities and envy from her against Filipinos. Let's think maturely, don't level our thinking to her stupidity, and just pray for her insecurities to go away.

Besides we all know that her face is not even worth comparing to our Miss World Philippines.

Q: "What do you say to the people of the world who have typecasted Filipinos as nannies?"

A: "I take no offense on being typecasted as a nanny. But I do take offense that the educated people of the world have somehow denigrated the true sense and meaning of what a nanny is.

Let me tell you what she is. She is someone who gives more than she takes. She is someone you trust to look after the very people most precious to you - your child, the elderly, yourself. She is the one who has made a living out of caring and loving other people. So to those who have typecasted us as nannies, thank you.
It is a testament to the loving and caring culture of the Filipino people. And for that, I am forever proud and grateful of my roots and culture."

Hindi namin palalampasin ang issue na ito dahil niyurakan ni Devina DeDiva ang dangal ng mga Pinay kasambahay na nagtatrabaho ng marangal abroad man o dito sa ating bansa. 

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Papatulan ba natin?

Definitely, Devina is the one that is uneducated! Freedom of speech is not absolute in so far as international norm is concerned. Defamatory and discriminatory statements are the exceptions. Her mouth speaks for her uneducated mind.

Kahit nakilala ang bansa natin bilang alipin ng banyaga, dapat sa sarili natin ay iwaksi natin ang usaping iyon. Hindi sagot ang pagbabago sa gobyerno sapagkat hindi nito mabubura ang peklat ng kahapon. Ang pinag uusapan ay ang tingin sa atin ngayon. Kung matututo tayong ipaglaban at ipakita ang ating karapatan bilang isang Estadong Pilipino, hindi nila tayo magagawang tapakan.

Sounds like she is doing it for publicity. Try not to waste your energy on this ATTENTION CRAVING type of individual. Just prove her wrong by not paying attention on what she said.

Everytime na pinipintasan at nilalait tayo ng mga banyaga, sana huwag na lang tayo magalit, bagkus accept it as a challenge. Prove them wrong!

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