{"id":1064162,"date":"2021-11-29T10:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064162"},"modified":"2021-11-29T10:13:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:13:42","slug":"miss-south-africa-lalela-mswane-defies-haters-lands-in-israel-for-miss-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miss-south-africa-lalela-mswane-defies-haters-lands-in-israel-for-miss-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane Defies Haters, Lands in Israel for Miss Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiss-south-africa-lalela-mswane-defies-haters-lands-in-israel-for-miss-universe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane defied pressure from anti-Israel groups and even the South African government on Sunday and landed in Israel to represent her country in the Miss Universe pageant in the coastal Red Sea city of Eilat next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReady as I\u2019ll ever be! I\u2019m so grateful for this opportunity to represent my country on the @missuniverse stage!\u201d Mswane <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWyXP-_t52r\/\">posted<\/a> on her Instagram account upon landing in Israel on Sunday, holding her country\u2019s flag.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSouth Africa! Let\u2019s do this!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CWyctemtCJC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-8.2068965517241\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mswane, 24, has faced a campaign of abuse by South Africa\u2019s aggressive anti-Israel organizations, who have sought for the last twenty years to tarnish Israel as an \u201capartheid\u201d state, and to boycott it until it is dismantled, like apartheid South Africa.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18929018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lalela-Mswane-Associated-Press-e1638193154899.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18929018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Lalela-Mswane-Associated-Press-e1638193154899.jpg\" alt=\"Lalela Mswane (Associated Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Lalela Mswane takes to the stage in the Miss South Africa beauty pageant in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday Oct. 16, 2021 before winning the title. Controversy is swirling around the Miss South Africa beauty pageant, as the government has withdrawn its support from the event because of its affiliation with the Miss Universe contest which is to be held in Israel in December. (AP Photo)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The South African government has joined the pageant boycott effort, though it has diplomatic and trade relations with Israel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News\u2019 Deborah Brand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2021\/11\/18\/south-africa-urges-its-beauty-queen-to-boycott-miss-universe-in-israel\/\">noted<\/a> earlier this month:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"29.859813084112\">\n<p>The South African government has called on its national beauty pageant winner to boycott this year\u2019s Miss Universe contest due to its location in Israel, citing \u201catrocities against Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government said it \u201cwithdraws its support\u201d of Miss SA, Lalela Mswane, after local pageant organizers refused to pull her out of the contest in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>,,,<\/p>\n<p>Africa4Palestine, a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)-aligned group that touts itself as a human rights group, incorrectly announced this week that Mswane had withdrawn from the pageant, the South African Jewish Report&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sajr.co.za\/miss-sa-headed-to-miss-universe-despite-bullying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mswane\u2019s agent, Stephanie Weil, said the&nbsp;24-year-old would be attending the contest \u201ccontrary to any indication otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Africa4Palestine responded by threatening to&nbsp;\u201cembark on a vigilant campaign including protest action\u201d against the 24-year-old.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Africa4Palestine has not targeted other countries for protest \u2014 such as China, for example, which is currently incarcerating millions of Muslims in concentration camps. It has simply singled out the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>South African news site Independent Online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/lifestyle\/style-beauty\/beauty\/lalela-mswane-jets-off-to-israel-for-miss-universe-pageant-b2a10349-b3ed-4d98-ab2a-fb674fef3510\">reported<\/a> that Mswane\u2019s announcement of her arrival in Israel was greeted with abuse by critics who likened her to a self-hating black woman supporting white minority rule in apartheid South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>But others supported her, applauding her for sticking to her principles, ignoring the abuse she has received, and pursuing her dream of representing her country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3835125448029\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With a willing heart, open mind and an eagerness to learn and grow, I stand excited to reign as your Miss South Africa 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc84 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaMooko?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NatashaMooko<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WOOLWORTHS_SA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WOOLWORTHS_SA<\/a> W Beauty <br \/>\ud83d\udcf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GLAMFUEL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GLAMFUEL<\/a> <br \/>\ud83d\udc51 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericanSwiss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AmericanSwiss<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h0KSehvsyw\">pic.twitter.com\/h0KSehvsyw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lalela Mswane (@Lalela_lali) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lalela_lali\/status\/1453410900141121540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pageant is going ahead, despite a general travel ban that Israel imposed on tourists last week due to the new Omicron variant of coronavirus. Contestants will be required to undergo regular testing.<\/p>\n<p>The pageant will be held Sunday evening, December 12, Eastern Standard Time \u2014 which translates into the wee hours of the morning in local time in Israel.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the new e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\"><em>The Zionist Conspiracy (and how to join it)<\/em><\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane defied pressure from anti-Israel groups and even the South African government on Sunday and landed in Israel to represent her country in the Miss Universe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}