@Sal m but, nothing.

Sal m what culture? We all came from different parts of the world...

@Sal m Well, yeah. The Native Americans, but as far as I could tell, there were no Native American contestants. Unless you were referring to monster truck rallies, football or Walmart.

Sal m Which comprises of a mixture of other cultures. What part are you not comprehending?

Eh, I like the idea of it being a salad bowl over a soup pot. This is because a salad is mad eof of different flavors, textures, and colors that dont necessarily have to go together, but when done right is a flavorful and fantastic mix

annadesu in bollywood dance u have to do facial expression! Smiling is the main point!

She smiled the whole time. You could tell she was so happy to be able to present her talent on the national stage and to a global audience. She made history as Miss America and was a great representative of her state, her culture and the pageant.

@yitzhak shekkelsteingoldmanberg Well actually I'm glad you said that because the rhythm of this music is Tresillo. That's funny, no?

i completely agree! A positive reflection displayed proudly makes me happy

All V hii very nice

That's it! Roots!

Самая кросивая девушка насвети

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Thank you !

Helneit Co yes Indian and Pakistani should stick together

Helneit Co i believe you im indian too but i dont have the accent and i know urdu آپ کا شکریہ پاکستان اور انڈیا ایک ٹیم ہیں!

Tim Tam, yes. All us South Asians must be allies and friends.

Great

Europe isnt a melting-pot like America. Europe isnt one country, its countries want to perserve their own cultures. Especially small countries. Globalization through internet already caused some damage, young people are leaving their traditions. And I am saying this as a young person.

@@zajaiva5 we have our own unique culture and history in America dont belittle that. Most of us dont want globalist agenda. We still have values and traditions here.

@@Arginne Your ancestors were also immigrants. Culture is ever-changing and it's not like European culture evolved independently to the rest of the world, it was because Europe explored the world and interacted and observed so many cultures being the leading globalizing force of the time, that it became so culturally rich as a result. To think knowledge and culture is only created within borders you decide is simply idiotic.

Are you Malayalee? Must be with the last name Thomas.

A América é como se fosse todos os países do mundo em um só continente por conta das diversas colonizações. Sou brasileira e diversos países passaram por aqui como os portugueses (nossos colonizadores) os africanos de diversos países da África (que passaram por 3 séculos de pura tortura até ganhar a liberdade através da abolição da escravatura em 1888 no Brasil) , japoneses (que vinheram pra cá no século 20 no início em busca de uma nova vida) , franceses (que colonizaram o meu estado e os holandeses tbm que ocuparam a região nordeste e trouxe prosperidade com a plantação de açúcar) , italianos , alemães ..... São diversos países que é incontável na verdade e não é atoa que o Brasil é considerado o país mais miscigenado do mundo , porque temos um pouco de cada país do mundo.

You might want to check out Dola Re Dola (the scene of popular song from a famous bollywood movie). If you liked her dance, you'd probably enjoy that a lot too.

Indian dances are hard? What about hip/hop and the dances people are doing these days? To be able to free your body and move like any way, fashion, or form because most dancing comes from joy, praise, expression, is NOT REALLY HARD TO DO IF YOU LET YOURSELF GO!

Bernadette Bailey That's not what I was talking about. Indian dancing requires holding your arms, swinging your arms, moving your arms completely up for the whole dance. It's like trying to keep your arms up for an hour.

Bernadette Bailey Not trying to start drama , but anyone can call themselves a Hip Hop dancer. Indian dancers, especially Bahangra as this young lady was doing, is very hard. One of the most hardest ethnic dances in the world. It takes years to master and hours of practice. You have to hold certain stunts that you do not have to hold in hip hop dance. I have a lot of respect for hip hop. But honestly, depending on the level, you can learn a Hip Hop dance in less than two weeks. Bahangra and Bollywood takes longer than just two weeks to learn and clean by counting by eights.

Danielle Nichole haha dude, the dance she was doing was not Bhangra. She was performing a Bollywood fusion dance. Bhangra is completely different from this. And its not 'Bahangra' Lol

Rachel Stoutamire Well spoken ma'am! I am half Indian and half German, living in Germany and I was shocked to read, she had to face racism after becoming Miss America. Comments like '9/11 was 4 days ago and she became Miss America'. I actually thought the US had gotten beyond that. There are so many Asian-Americans out there like Jason Scott Lee etc. She looks a bit like a mix of African and European ancestors to me, like Obama does. Except for the straight hair, she could well be mistaken for a 'colored American' (no offense meant!) I'd say.

***** YES! I was thinking the same thing, she looks like she has some African ancestors somewhere down the line...

Rachel Stoutamire Her parents are from Andhra Pradesh, a state in south India so she is probably dravidian. Dravidians share many similiarities with Africans and were according to many historians the first group to arrive to India from Africa. Unlike north indians, south indians are often stereotyped as studious and intelligent. North Indians are mostly a mix of dravidians and aryans(iranians).

Oh please, stop trolling. You know she doesn't have African ancestry you Afrocentrist trolls love claiming everyone. Pathetic.

Pankaj Rastogi north Indian aren't mixed of Iranians...Iran was part of India before Islamic invasion ....India name had been given by Britisher for the ppl who leave near Indus velly civilization ...Afghanistan ,Iran , Malaysia ,Indonesia ,syria ,isrial etc were part of "Aryaverta - land of Aryans ..That's what's India was called much before anyone's invasion

Lol sameee

but this is not the real classical dance. but still she did it.

@yitzhak shekkelsteingoldmanberg song - kese naino se nain milaye sajna Movie - om Shanti Om

***** Oh thats cool :D I learned something new today :P

***** Sinhala is the mother thoungh of the east. Its much more similar to Italian, one of world oldest sanskrit language "Sinhala" in sri Lanka

seach for sinhala songs you will see its more nicers than most language in the WORLD.

***** I'm Sinhalese myself and proud of it but I also appreciate other languages and cultures as well haha, no need for ethnocentrism :) #srilanka #india #telegu

Tina G she is from vijayawada

Modernisation and westernisation aren’t the same. Many girls in india learn classical dances and it’s never getting out of style.

I'm an Indian professional dancer myself I would agree it's very hard

Its just a talent show for a pageant man. I did say 'its not the best'...anyways.

100% Agreed. My wife has her classical degree and also has danced bollywood since 3 years old... its not as easy as it looks. Much props to this woman!

Ashwin 1 Who knows maybe your ugly as fuck but all I see is a meadow. Guess we'll never know 'Ashwin' which is clearly an Indian name...kudos spreading hate amoung your own race if your are Indian. Kudos, you deserve an award.

Ashwin 1 I am from America too. I have nothing against you marrying whoever you want. But don't be a fucking douche bag. For your information not all girls are hairy, I myself am not. Your an idiot and very immature. Anyways good luck to you...sad creature. I am hot too so go learn some manners first. It's not all about looks.

Why don't you go back to your factory and keep making us stuff kay?^^ we don't need your Chinese ass.

Chinese Empire hahah who told you i am indian. I m german by nation but with Romani Gipsy origin. I like indian women. Why so hateful against indians??

Boogeyyyman Dude, what a burn to "Chinese Empire"! Left him speechless.

Nikhil Gupta Its good bhai because everything he spoke was bullshit. So its better to left him speechless ;)

Fact is though she is American not Indian. Harsh reality is that she could not make it to the prelims if she was in India, she is way too dark for their liking. They are very hung up on "shade"...I can't see why she is drop dead gorgeous...

Beautiful Bollywood dancing and costume...Love Nina's performance and adorable costume and matching pants too. What a delight to watch...So happy she won, she deserved it. After traveling to India to belly dance for a hotel chain , I learned so much...what a delight and career highlight. The East Indian people are so full of culture, light and joy! Fabulous! Soraya, NJ based Middle Eastern artist and entertainment booking agent.

Soraya Khouby I'm in NJ also! Where do you perform?

Ashwin 1 but not as ugly as you tho

Ashwin 1 yea but I can already tell by how insecure you are that you are ugly af and probably single af. lol

Ashwin 1 ohhh I see what your problem is. You like basic girls.

Ashwin 1 that's cause all you have to do is type beautiful indian woman in google lol derp

Ashwin 1 I searched up average white woman and saw a bunch of old ladies... LOL so that's what your into ok I get you ok

Right!!! Agreee! Why do white people think they're the only americans? She's american as well

+xHaus0fGagax stereotypes people need to stop separating eachother just because of color

In actual fact, real Americans are the natives. Everyone else are immigrants

+General Grizzy white people are immigrants too..

Mahrukh Siddiqi That's what I meant. They are originally from European countries.

Caucasians are the best looking, followed by latinos, asians, Indians and finally Africans

Senja Isa lmao F off ugly. You’re gonna age like dog 💩

@Sal m Then why do Koreans and Taiwanese fix their eyes to look more Caucasian, but no Caucasian wants Asian looking eyes ? Anyway I told about my preference which is the preference of most people sorry to offend you.

@Sal m But I was saying more Asian people work on surgeries to look Caucasian than the other way around. So what does that tell you ? I think Beyonce is 100x better than Lupita. Caucasians are the most attractive because of the evolution - We were in a cold environment so we had to cover our entire bodies in cloth, so attract a mate our faces had to be beautiful. Google it if you don't believe me.

True indeed.

Cause ppl are racist and can't handle the fact that ppl have culture

it wouldn't have to be if people didn't insist on being racist

***** of course! Yet they fucking landed a man on the moon? Did your country did that?

Is that why Russia became third world nation over the years of competing with mighty America?

What is America now by the way?? I bet you that America can pawn your country ten times over and not break a sweat ! You got nothing against America fool! We are too big and too diverse for you to handle. Nations who underestimate it became a victim illusion, until bombs are exploding in their cities!!

Raviteja Ch fix your grammar buddy😂

Lol.. Your sentences are atrocious! You might want to go study English language a bit more seriously, because your run-on sentences are all over your structure! Tell your government to spend more money in schools and not spacecraft😅

Hey jackass she is not an Arab in the first place. India is not an Arab country u moron. India is the exact opposite of an Arab country. Even otherwise a person doesn't become a terrorist for being an Arab. Btw What about your ancestors who terrorised native americans?

dre lol ancestral terrorists? who killed native americans? who made slaves out of africans? every ethnicity has its own minus points. even if she was arab, which she is not, stop hating people. we are all so very small in the universe so if some ignorant people do horrible things, can't blame the rest of the people in the group too

***** There are many Arab dense areas in India. Especially the area bordering Pakistan of course. Don't make a forced dichotomy. I don't even know where this argument about Arab and terrorists, etc. even began since I only see these 3 comments and spontaneous argument where there was not much of a hint of one in the first place. Just chill out and leave people's opinion on music alone and not bring cultural differences into it.

Nickie Nguyen do you not understand the difference between an arab and a muslim? pakistan is not an arab country either, muslim yes but it's still not arab. arab/arabia= country muslim/islam=religion get it? i am an indian and i very well know my country and its culture. an indian citizen is an indian! not an arab!

I completely agree with you (the criticism of her dance).. I wish she would have chosen a different song, or told the story with her expression, do you know what I mean? Anyways, I am still proud of her for winning! Someone has to stand up for Indians, there are a lot of us who get pushed around.

Ms Bird 😂😂😂😂