Miss USA 2017 pageant has concluded, and the newly crowned beauty queen drew flak from viewers around the world for her answer. During the question round of the 2017 Miss USA pageant, each of the Top 5 finalists were asked about their views on certain issues, such as suicide prevention, cyber bullying, and even healthcare.
Kára McCullough was asked her views on whether affordable healthcare is a privilege of a right? Kára’s answer surely attracted some eye popping out expressions and reactions. She said, “I’m definitely going to say it’s a privilege. As a government employee, I’m granted health care. And I see firsthand that for one, to have health care, you need to have jobs, so therefore we need to continue to cultivate this environment so that we’re given the opportunities to have health care as well as jobs for all Americans worldwide.”
The beauty queen has now started her official media tour, and during one of her media interviews Kára McCullough explained her answer from the finals of Miss USA 2017 and said, "I am privileged to have health care and I do believe that it should be a right.” "I hope and pray moving forward that health care is a right for all worldwide,” she continued. She further added, "I just want people to see where I was coming from. Having a job, I have to look at health care like it is a privilege."
McCullough said that she was "not at all" surprised by the backlash she received online. "I believe that is what America is based on, like having opinions and views," she said. "But I would like to just take this moment to truly just clarify ... what I said."
The beauty queen also took the opportunity to clarify her statement on “feminism” and “equality” and said, “I try not to consider myself, like, this diehard like, ‘Oh, I don’t really care about men,'" she said at the pageant. "But one thing I'm going to say is though, women, we are just as equal as men when it comes to opportunity in the workplace."
McCullough also shared that she wants to use the Miss USA platform to help spark children's interest in science and math. "I just want children to find joy in science at a young age and not look at it like it’s difficult," she said. "I’m hoping to visit schools, do science projects, maybe do symposiums with high school students, encourage them to look at career fields in science, technology, engineering and math."