JAKARTA: A contestant in the Miss Indonesia 2025 beauty pageant has been expelled after a video emerged showing her waving the Israeli flag and offering prayers for the country, sparking a backlash in the Muslim-majority nation amid tensions over Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Merince Kogoya (pic), who represented the province of Highland Papua, was officially removed from the competition on June 26 after the resurfaced video went viral on social media.
