The daddy of disgraced Miss Belgium has defended his daughter after she grew to become embroiled in a harmful race row, simply days after she received the sweetness pageant crown.
Gorgeous Romanie Schotte replied 'I do know' alongside a poo emoji after a follower used the phrase 'n****' to confer with a black man pictured sitting behind her in an image she took and posted on Instagram.
The 19-year-old tried to defend herself by claiming she couldn't be racist as a result of her businessman father Christof Schotte 'primarily works in Africa'.
Miss Belgium 2017 Romanie Schotte, 19, from Bruges has discovered herself on the centre of a race row after utilizing a 'poo' emoji on Instagram which some individuals branded 'racist'
Right this moment Mr Schotte tried to clarify his daughter's actions, and claimed that she used the offensive emoji to precise her shock that the person had 'photo-bombed' her selfie image – and had not supposed to insult him or trigger offence.
Chatting with MailOnline from his workplace in Bruges Mr Schotte mentioned: 'Romanie will not be a racist. We're an open household who welcome individuals from all completely different backgrounds.
'Romanie used the emoji to say "oh s***". She was stunned that this man had labored his means into her image.
'She actually didn't need to trigger any offence.'
Addressing the controversy, Miss Schotte insisted: 'I'm open to all cultures and other people. My father primarily works in Africa, due to this fact how on earth may I afford to be racist?'
Miss Schotte appeared to have disabled feedback on her Instagram web page following the controversy. The teenager was topped Miss Belgium in Adinkerke on Saturday evening
Mr Schotte informed MailOnline that as a world power marketing consultant he has labored 'throughout Africa', notably Uganda and Rwanda.
He added: 'Romanie doesn't journey with me as a result of I am going there for work. However we now have an open, tolerant philosophy within the household. And her brother Lorenz spent a 12 months dwelling with a household in Morocco.
'She mentioned; "if anybody felt offended by one thing that I wrote or mentioned then I apologise." However she will not be a racist.'
'In truth Romanie has been on TV to apologise for any offence. She has mentioned if anybody was offended by the tweet then she is sorry. The viewers applauded her and a black man requested to have his image taken together with her and she or he agreed.'
Within the assertion launched through Miss Belgium's organisers insisted she was 'not racist'.
One in all Miss Schotte's followers commented 'that n******', it has been reported, to which the pageant queen, who was topped final weekend, replied: 'I do know' alongside a poo emoji
Offended protesters inundated Miss Schotte's Fb web page with the 'poo' emojis - though she insisted she had used the icon within the context of 'a chocolate ice cream'
Miss Schotte has been criticised by indignant protesters on social media, whereas an internet petition calling for her to be 'decrowned' has attracted greater than 6,800 signatures.
She mentioned: 'I'm open to all cultures and other people. My father primarily works in Africa, due to this fact how on earth may I afford to be racist?'
Mr Schotte mentioned his daughter had been exonerated of any wrong-doing by the Miss Belgium pageant authorities who had determined to not mount an investigation into the affair.
He added: 'However I informed Romanie this needs to be a lesson to you. Every week in the past she only a college pupil who was about to do her exams. Now she is a public individual and she or he has to look at each step she takes.'
Mr Schotte, whose agency Bewise advises organisations find out how to obtain essentially the most environment friendly electrical energy use, claims the row was created by 'jealous, bitter' French audio system who're upset [Dutch-speaking] Flemish woman had received the Miss Belgium title for the fourth consecutive 12 months.
Miss Schotte has been inundated with poo emojis from indignant protesters on social media, whereas a petition on change.org calling for her to be dethroned has attracted 500 signatures
The controversy comes lower than every week after Miss Schotte was was topped Miss Belgium throughout a gala night on the Plopsa Theatre on Saturday evening
The daddy-of-three informed MailOnline: 'This entire row is created by a bunch of individuals from the [French speaking] south of the nation who're indignant as a result of a [Dutch-speaking] Flemish woman has received the title once more.
'They're utilizing this challenge to attempt to divide the nation alongside language traces like they all the time do.
'However you want to work onerous to win the Miss Belgium pageant.
'Romanie has been out doing social work, assembly individuals at soccer matches and actually working onerous to attempt to win the competitors. The [French-speaking] candidates from the south thought they might simply sit there and look ahead to the title to fall into their laps.'
Because the alleged remarks, Miss Schotte has been inundated with poo emojis from indignant protesters on social media, in addition to an internet petition calling for her to be 'decrowned'
Miss Schotte, pictured eventually weekend's pageant ultimate, informed the Belgian press that she had used the emoji within the context of ' un cornet de glace au chocolat ' (a chocolate ice cream)
Romanie, who research Enterprise Administration at Gent College, was a rank outsider for the 2017 Miss Belgium title.
Mr Schotte claimed his daughter's critics had been determined to discover a technique to discredit her and had trawled by means of her social community websites.
'The image was taken on a bus in Brussels in Might final 12 months [2016],' he informed MailOnline. 'These individuals even labored out which bus it was. They had been attempting so onerous to seek out one thing unhealthy about her.'
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