Miss USA's Message to Terrorists is a Little Baffling

NDTV.com | Updated: Jan 26, 2015 14:01 IST

Paulina Vega of Colombia, left, Diana Harkusha of Ukraine, center, and Nia Sanchez of the U.S., hold hands as the wait for the announcement of the second runner up during the Miss Universe pageant in Miami. (Image courtesy AP)

Paulina Vega, 22, of Colombia won Miss Universe earlier today.

But it's Miss USA who's being talked about.

At the pageant that was held in Miami, USA, Nia Sanchez, 24, who was the first runner up, was asked what message she would send to global terrorists.Her answer: "As Miss USA I can always spread a message of hope and love and peace."

Love and peace is the answer@missUSA #MissUSA #MissUniverse https://t.co/oAoOdCspv1
- CarolinaCHERCREW (@jameskwaters) January 26, 2015

Ouch. Twitter didn't give her high marks. But she did alright anyway- she was runner up.

And the award for most generic answer goes to #MissUSA !!#MissUniverse
- Narda Terrones (@nardaterrones) January 26, 2015

#MissUniverse USA all you had to answer was: "we do not negotiate with terrorist". You'll have won the competition for sure. #MissUSA
- joseiphonico (@Joseiphonico) January 26, 2015

No serious. The correct answer was simply: World Peace.#MissUSA #MissUniverse
- Amelia Gandara (@AmeliaOnPointe) January 26, 2015

Is that the worst question and answer session of all time or are they all like that? #MissUniverse
- Victor Oquendo (@VictorLocal10) January 26, 2015

And then we all got some of this:

When the #missuniverse finalists don't answer the question correctly pic.twitter.com/ngaFd7NcSN

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