If you happened to watch the Miss USA pageant, or even if you just got on Twitter, I'm sure you've heard about the new winner of the competition, 25-year-old Kara McCullough. She is a scientist with a degree from South Carolina State University who works for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Miss District of Columbia has won once again, and even more exciting was the fact that she is black. However, I knew that excitement would be short lived when I heard about her answers.

To be frank, her answers ignited a fire on social media.

It began when during the answer portion of the competition, she was asked whether she thought healthcare is a right or a privilege for Americans.

"I'm definitely going to say it's a privilege," said McCullough. "As a government employee, I am granted health care and I see firsthand that for one to have health care you need to have jobs, so, therefore, we need to cultivate this environment that we're given the opportunity to have health care as well as jobs to all the American citizens worldwide."

#MissUSA Miss DC just lost me with that answer….Affordable healthcare is a privilege? Girl bye. pic.twitter.com/Q5mU7PIlx1

— Kat ????❤ (@dazella_may) May 15, 2017

Healthcare has always been a sensitive topic, especially with the Trumpcare bill being recently passed. Many Americans will begin to feel the consequences of healthcare being looked at as a privilege rather than a right. Twitter, of course, had a lot to say about her answer.

Do not take your political advice from this #MissUSA. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. https://t.co/O7nnQw8IqV

— deray mckesson (@deray) May 15, 2017

Her problematic light continued to shine when asked if she considered herself a feminist.

"I don't want to call myself a feminist," she said. "Women, we are just as equal as men, especially in the workplace." She also referred to herself as an "equalist" rather than a feminism even though the definition of feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.

People have been comparing her answers to the competition's runner-up, Miss New Jersey. Miss N.J .contestant, Chhavi Verg has received many praises for her answer to the question of whether she considers herself a feminist.

"Feminism is striving for equality and I do consider myself a feminist. I think it's a misconception when people believe that feminism is women being better than men. But it's really not. It's a fight for equality. And we need to realize that if we want a stable society, a better future for every single individual, we need to be equal. And that's why I advocate for education for women because women are still held back in places of the world. They still don't have that right to their independence, that right to their equality, all because of education. And once we do take that step, I believe that an equal world will be a better world."

People are now saying Miss N.J. was robbed.

Miss New Jersey was robbed. Miss D.C. did not deserve to win, I'm sorry. #MissUSA

— Kimberly T (@KayyThevv) May 15, 2017

What do you think? Did Miss District of Columbia not deserve to win because of her answers? Let us know in the comments below.

I wanna be happy that for the second year in a row, #MissUSA is a black girl with an HBCU degree but Miss DC gave some terrible answers

— Micia Girl (@_miciagirl) May 15, 2017

miss new jersey

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