Miss New York Nina Davuluri Crowned Miss America, Twitter Gets Emotional

Last night in Atlantic City, Miss New York, 24-year old Nina Davuluri became the first-ever South Asian American crowned Miss America at the annual pageant. To learn more about the young winner, who performed a Bollywood routine for the talent section of the show, read Lakshmi Gandhi’s post, “10 Things You Need to Know About About Miss America Nina Davuluri.” Of course Twitter had all of the feelings as Davuluri was crowned.

Naturally, racist Twitter blew up in its usual ugly way with the “But is she really American?” tweets coming fast and furious. But you can find those for yourselves. Here are some of the other reactions we captured from the historic night.

First came joy.

https://twitter.com/marginfades/status/379439396606341120

When the racists came out (as we knew they would), actresses Noureen Dewulf (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Tiya Sircar (The Internship) and Miss Mississippi Paromitra Mitra were unamused.

https://twitter.com/RealMissMSUSA/status/379466129674371072

The whole shebang gave the community a chance to make some self-deprecating jokes.

https://twitter.com/durgaakv/status/379446192268009472

https://twitter.com/soniamanocha15/status/379443456315498498

And acknowledge some very real truths.

https://twitter.com/soniafaleiro/status/379499256425377793

https://twitter.com/suitablegirl/status/379446344743530497

And then there were the Weiner jokes…

All in all, it was a heckuva night.

(h/t @Manish_Vij, @Sepiamutiny)

Kishwer Vikaas is a co-founder and editor of The Aerogram. Find her on Twitter at @Phillygrrl or email her at editors@theaerogram.com. Follow The Aerogram on Twitter @theaerogram.

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