Not "beautiful" enough

Newly crowned Miss Turkey is viciously insulted

Miss Turkey, Idil Bilgen, here in one of her Instagram photos, enduring vile abuse in her home country.(Bild: www.instagram.com/idil.bilgen)

The newly crowned winner of the beauty contest for the title Miss World Turkey is facing a lot of criticism in her own country following her crowning. Idil Bilgen has been the target of some nasty abuse online. 

Turkish public figures also made fun of the award and described her as "not beautiful enough" for the title. The beauty queen reacted and pleaded for a more differentiated understanding of beauty.

24-year-old doctor
The 24-year-old doctor beat 19 other finalists in Istanbul last week, according to the Miss World Association. She will represent Turkey in the upcoming beauty contest for the title of Miss World.

Convinced with her speech
The 1.80 meter tall contestant convinced the jury with her final speech and with the sentence: "I am a doctor, but I am also a Turkish woman, so I want to be the voice of women at Miss World." Critics, however, accused her of receiving the title because of her family background. Her father is currently the Turkish ambassador in Kiev.

In a Turkish talk show, Bilgen criticized that beauty is only viewed superficially in Turkey. The competition is also about other things, such as intelligence.