BANGKOK: Thailand’s contender for the Miss Universe beauty pageant has relinquished her crown after she allegedly called for supporters of the ousted government to be “executed”, sparking a social media furore.
A tearful Weluree Ditsayabut (pic), 22, said she was giving up the chance to represent her country after a barrage of online criticism upset her family.
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