Iceland beauty queen slams body shamers!

Miss Grand International is one of the biggest international pageants in the world. The pageant is currently taking place in Las Vegas, USA, where 72 contestants from their respective countries are competing for the crown.

One of the contestants however, has decided to call it quits! Apparently, the owner of the pageant felt that Miss Iceland needed to shed a few pounds in order to be a frontrunner. He sent a message to her saying, “stop eating breakfast, eat just salad for lunch and drink water every evening until the contest.”

Miss Iceland, Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir, was taken aback by these instructions. She feels she is beautiful the way she is and doesn’t need to change a thing about her. That’s a great attitude to have in a world which constantly puts labels on everyone and tries very hard to change them.

Deciding to quit the pageant, Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir said, “If the owner of the contest really wants me to lose weight and doesn’t like me the way I am, then he doesn’t deserve to have me in the top 10. I no longer have any interest in doing my best in this competition after receiving that message. This is definitely the last contest I shall be taking part in.”

Kudos to the girl’s courage to slam body shamers!