Miss Philippines slammed for Palestine ‘cultural theft’ post

Miss Universe Philippines has been slammed for passing off Palestinian culture as Israeli during her visit to the Jewish state for the Miss Universe competition. Beatrice Luigi Gomez posted pictures to Instagram of herself and her fellow contestants preparing Palestinian food and wearing traditional Palestinian dresses, but captioned them with #VisitIsrael – angering social media users. This comes just days before Gomez competes in the 70th edition of Miss Universe in the city of Eilat on 12 December, which Israeli organisers hope will promote their country as a tourist destination, despite a…

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