"V skladu s pravili nacionalnega lepotnega tekmovanja mora dekle, ki želi tekmovati, izpolnjevati določene zahteve, med njimi je tudi navedeno, da ne sme biti poročena ali imeti otroka," so zapisali organizatorji v sporočilu za javnost. "Rodila je pri 19 letih in se potem ločila. Menim, da je napačno, da bi takšno osebo imeli za vzor, ki bi mu drugi sledili," je dejal po besedah Didusenkove eden izmed sodnikov na izboru.

Toda organizatorji so pozneje pojasnili, da so 23-letnici odvzeli krono, ker je zavedno kršila pravila izbora. Po njihovih besedah je Didusenkova "podpisala pogodbo in sprejela pogoje", toda lagala o svojem zasebnem življenju.

Ko je v javnost prišla novica o odvzemu naziva, se je Didusenkova na svojih družbenih omrežjih zahvalila vsem svojim oboževalcem, ker jo podpirajo v teh "težkih časih". Ukrajinska manekenka je hkrati naznanila, da bo sprožila kampanjo za podporo vsem ženskam, ki ne smejo tekmovati na lepotnih izborih samo zato, ker so mame.

Organizatorji izbora bodo novo mis razglasili kmalu. Svetovni izbor bo 9. decembra na Kitajskem.

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Нарешті, усвідомивши все, що трапилося, відзнявши перші прямі ефіри та інтерв`ю для ЗМІ, я можу поділитися своїми емоціями! Мене переповнює невимовна вдячність комітету @missukraine_officialкожному, хто мне підтримував, я відчуваю Вашу любов і віру - це ДИВОВИЖНО Дякую надзвичайним @landik19 за підтримку 24/7, @ayten.novruzova, @zorianchuk, @katya_den, @veronica_v78, виконавчому директору @kioseviktoriya Моя щира подяка членам ЖУРІ: @mashaefrosinina, @aakucherenko, @nikolaytyshchenko, @vova_ostapchuk, @olgakharlan, @iusypchuk_bogdan @gorovaya_irina, @aysina_julia, @yuriy_tkach та красномовним ведучим @kosadcha, @gorbunovyuriy І ,звичайно, спасибі чудовій @polina.tkach за передачу естафети Обожнюю моїх дівчат: Miss Ukraine Earth @anastasiia_kryvokhyzha та Miss Ukraine International @bogdana_tarasyk #missukraine2018

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Друзі, я ніколи не була блогером, але нас уже більше 10000 Дякую за Вашу щиру підтримку у такий непростий для мене час! Ви - ФАНТАСТИЧНІ

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PRESS RELEASE Veronika Didusenko is launching a global campaign against discrimination toward women participating in the Miss World pageant on the basis that they are mothers. On September 27, Veronika Didusenko held a press conference where she made her first official statement regarding her disqualification and removal of the Miss Ukraine 2018 title, about her reasons, and her subsequent actions. On September 20, 2018, Veronika Dіdusenko received the winner’s crown and the title "Miss Ukraine 2018". However, on September 24, the Organizing Committee of the National Beauty Pageant "Miss Ukraine" issued a statement that Veronika Didusenko was stripped of the title "Miss Ukraine". The official reason for this decision is the violation of the rules of the National Beauty Pageant. According to the rules, participants who are married and have a child are not allowed to participate in the competition. In addition, the statement claims that the same participation requirements are contained in the unified rules and conditions of the Miss World 2018 pageant. While it’s true that Veronika Didusenko reported false information, she did so to draw attention to the discriminatory practices, ones that correspond only to the time and the standards of the era when they were created. Unlike in 1951, in the 21st century it is unacceptable to discriminate against women, particularly on the basis of motherhood. With such a requirement, the organizers of the competition force women to choose not to give birth or to get an abortion for the sake of their dreams and career aspirations. To understand the scale, there are 15,000 young women participating in this year's competition in Ukraine alone, as well as a million young women participating in beauty pageants all over the world.

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Be open-hearted and brave simultaneously... That’s how the magic works✨

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My name is Veronika. Not such a long time ago I was wearing a crown of Miss Ukraine 2018, a crown which would allow me to represent my country at the Miss World contest in China. I wanted to tell the world a unique story of my country – home of truly heroic and freedom-loving people. Yet, my right to represent my country on the global scene was taken away from me because of the rules written 70 years ago. The archaic rules which ban mothers from the Miss Ukraine contest. The discriminatory rules which were written when racial segregation was still the norm. Worldwide the number of girls who participate in this contest amounts to millions. Millions of women are allowed to participate only if they don’t have children. In 2018 this is simply not right. This discrimination on the grounds of motherhood must end. This indirect encouragement of abortion must end. I AM LAUNCHING A FUNDRAISING COMPAIGN to deliver this message globally. With your help I will take the fight for the abolition of this disgraceful prehistoric rule to every major global capital. Time to stand up for a women’s right not to be punished for being a mother. We must eliminate the last remaining rule which discriminates against women with children. #righttobeamother