Newly crowned Miss Turkey hits back at 'negative comments' over her appearance after cruel online trolls branded her 'manly' Medical grad received vile hate online after triumphing in Miss Turkey pageant By James Reynolds Published: 10:17, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 10:21, 17 September 2024 e-mail 19 View comments The newly crowned Miss Turkey has hit back at 'negative comments' over her appearance after cruel online trolls called her 'manly'. İdil Bilgen, 24, was named the winner of the 2024 pageant on Wednesday to go on to represent her country at the international Miss World competition. Many turned out online to celebrate Miss Bilgen, a successful medicine graduate and trilingual, with one famous singer 'admiring' her success, story and uniqueness.
But a number of cruel trolls attacked the pageant queen for her appearance and suggested she won only because of the status of her father, a Turkish diplomat. Miss Bilgen turned off comments on her social media channels and responded to the criticism during a television appearance. İdil Bilgen, 24, was named the winner of the 2024 pageant on Wednesday She will go on to represent Turkey at the Miss World competition But the 24-year-old model received criticism from online trolls after her win 'At a time when our country is experiencing tragedies such as violence against women and children, I attribute the negative comments to me to the fact that people have nothing better to do,' she said.
'They are people who express their opinion without really knowing anything. I don't care about their comments.' At the time of writing, Miss Bilgen's Instagram posts are still protected from vicious comments.
But some 11,000 people liked her latest post in apparent solidarity with the 24-year-old. The new Miss Turkey had received a slew of nasty comments suggesting she wasn't fit to represent her country as a pageant queen in the days prior. One troll posted a picture of her next to a male character posing as a woman in the 1984 film Şabaniye, captioned 'Miss Turkey 2024'.
The cruel post was liked 62,000 times and seen nearly three-and-a-half million. Another user chimed in: 'I prefer Şabaniye.' Keyboard warriors senselessly compared the model, who stands at 5ft 9' (180cm) to male and transgender actors.
Others suggested she had somehow won because of her father's role as Turkey's ambassador to Kyiv. Demet Akalın, a Turkish pop singer, had posted on Twitter/X: 'Maybe she'll give the crown back or if there was something like a public vote..
. 'Honey, you might want to win, but this is a beauty pageant, not favoritism.' Bülent Ersoy, a singer and actress who is transgender, said : 'Is this beauty? She has masculine features.
' But some turned out in Miss Bilgen's defence, heralding her for helping to break down antiquated and unrealistic beauty standards through her role on the top stage. 'Miss Turkey 2024 adapts to the world by breaking down social perceptions of beauty,' one user wrote . 'The last few generations have hated themselves and are going from one aesthetician to another, against the perceptions of beauty such as big hips, thin waist, 90-60-90, tiny nose, full lips.
' 'In defiance of those who try to impose their own perception of beauty and make our girls feel worthless if they do not conform to society's perception of beauty, Congratulations to our Miss Turkey 2024 beauty, doctor Idil Bilgen. 'Those who don't like it can take their shallow opinions and tearfully write them down in their diaries.' Aleyna Tilki, a Turkish dance pop singer, said: 'Although I don't generally support beauty pageants, I really admire women who are successful, have a story and are unique.
' The pageant was founded in 1929 and has recently returned after interruption from Covid 'I really wanted to be the first when I participated in the competition, but I didn't know if it would happen or not,' Miss Bilgin said upon winning on Wednesday Some turned out to defend Miss Bilgin, a medical school graduate and trilingual Miss Bilgen's Instagram posts are still protected from vicious comments Miss Bilgen triumphed over 20 other finalists who had fought for the title over several weeks before a 'jury'. The winner was named as a graduate of Koç University Faculty of Medicine last Wednesday. She said at the time: 'I really wanted to be the first when I participated in the competition, but I didn't know if it would happen or not.
'I wanted to try my luck. I am very excited to be able to represent my country now.' The model sadly lost her mother in 2018.
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