
Miss England winner Rehema Muthamia says she expected to face racism after winning the pageant
Miss England 2021 says she received racist comments online after being crowned the winner of the beauty pageant in August. Rehema Muthamia, a 25-year-old health-technology consultant, told Insider she faced criticism on social media and in the comments sections of articles, where she said some commenters suggested she shouldn't have won because she is not "ethnically English" or white.