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Miss Teen USA winner to keep crown despite racist tweets

Miss Texas Teen USA 2016 Karlie Hay was crowned Miss Teen USA 2016. photo: facebook/Karlie Hay
Miss Texas Teen USA 2016 Karlie Hay was crowned Miss Teen USA 2016. photo: facebook/Karlie Hay

The new Miss Teen USA will get to keep her crown despite an outcry over tweets she once wrote using racist language.

The Miss Universe Organization, which owns the Miss Teen USA pageant, issued a statement Sunday chastising Karlie Hay’s words but also “supporting her continued growth.”

After she was crowned Saturday night in Las Vegas, social media users found tweets containing the N-word linked to an account with Hay’s name.

In September 2015 the Miss Universe Organization was bought by Donald Trump and was later sold to WME/IMG.

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