Miss Portugal’s discrimination was picked up by international media. The defendant emphasized in a video that he would not apologize.
From J. Barrera
November 11, 2023 – 3:47 p.m
The Miss Universe Organization would not have stood idly by after the scandal involving the Salvadoran YouTuber Cinco Zavalaafter discriminating against him during a live broadcast Miss PortugalMarina Machete, one of the two transgender women taking part in the Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador.
The aforementioned content creator, whose real name is Vicente Zavala, entered the headquarters hotel in recent days to document participants as they passed through the lobby. On the show, Zavala recorded several contestants, but when he noticed Miss Portugal approaching, he immediately pointed the camera at her to avoid taking a photo. According to him, he took this action because his subscribers did not want to see this particular failure.
“Let’s wait a while. Sorry friends, someone happened that you didn’t want to see. That’s why I turned the camera. “I don’t think they wanted to see this miss.”Zavala commented before bursting into laughter.
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Cinco TV is accused of transphobic acts. Image of illustrative and non-commercial nature/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3bSr8Vljjs&t=1s
This scandal was picked up by several international media outlets, including Telemundo, which disclosed the situation to its audience.
In a recent report published in Al Rojo Vivo, Samuel Arias, a journalist for this show, not only exposes the scandal, but also reveals that the Miss Universe Organization informed him of the measures taken against the content creator, the transphobe is accused.
“As soon as we saw this content creator’s comments, we removed him from the facilities and he will not be permitted access to any of our events or locations during our time in El Salvador.” says the statement published in “Al Rojo Vivo”.
Miss Universe statement sent to Telemundo. Image of illustrative and non-commercial nature / www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT5kGiZqYzc
I won’t apologize
After starring in this controversy, Vicente Zavala explained in a video on his YouTube channel that the action shown in his broadcast was due to the request of his subscribers not to want to see Miss Portugal.
“My community, my YouTube subscribers told me they didn’t want to see this person. And that’s why I removed the camera at that moment. As a content creator, I also owe respect to my community; I did the transfer for them. If I’m not willing to show something on my channel, I don’t see a problem with it.Cinco said.
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The controversial YouTuber assures that he has never disrespected the Iberian candidate and that his action of not showing the candidate live is “part of freedom of expression”.
Cinco Zavala assures that he did not disrespect Marina Machete, the transsexual candidate who represents Portugal at Miss Universe. Image of illustrative and non-commercial nature/ www.instagram.com/p/Cwav2nIukLE/?img_index=1 www.instagram.com/p/CzVOTZIuPNN/?img_index=1
Cinco also reveals that he was the one who decided not to return to the hotel because he didn’t want to hire employees there. “in an awkward situation” and moreover, because you also don’t want to get into trouble or cause trouble “No complaint”.
The content creator strongly emphasized in his video that he would not apologize to anyone.
“But yes, don’t wait for an apology from me, because I will not apologize for exercising my freedom of expression and defending my principles.”Cinco said.
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