Miss Universe Selfie Photobomb Fiasco
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Overview
Miss Universe Selfie Photobomb Fiasco refers to a backlash against Miss Lebanon, Sally Greige, for appearing in a selfie photograph with Miss Israel, Doron Matalon, in January 2015.
Background
On January 11th, 2015, Matalon posted a photograph on her Instagram[2] feed in which she is seated next to Greige along with two other women (shown below). In the first 10 days, the post gained over 2,000 likes and 320 comments.
Notable Developments
Miss Lebanon's Response
After the photo was posted, the Lebanese television station Al Jadeed joked that Greige should have known that Lebanon and Israel are enemies.[1] On January 17th, Greige published a Facebook[3] status update claiming that Matalon jumped into her photo and took a selfie without her permission.
"was having a photo with Miss Japan, Miss Slovenia and myself; suddenly Miss Israel jumped in, took a selfie, and put it on her social media."
Miss Israel's Response
On January 18th, Matalon posted a screencaptured image of a news headline about the controversy to Instagram, along with a statement expressing her disappointment with Greige (shown below). Within 72 hours, the post gathered more than 1,700 notes.
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External References
[1] NBC News – Oh Snap Miss Lebanon Slammed
[2] Instagram – doronmatalon
[3] Facebook – Sally Greige
[4] Instagram – doronmatalon
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Korra in the House
Jan 21, 2015 at 12:17PM EST in reply to
*sigh*
Jan 21, 2015 at 12:13PM EST