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New Miss Seattle was 'annoyed' with us

March 4, 2012 @ 5:34 pm (Updated: 2:47 pm - 3/5/12 )

Nineteen beautiful, young women competed for the title of Miss Seattle over the weekend. The winner is Jean-Sun Hannah Ahn, a violinist and former Miss Phoenix.

She will compete in the Miss Washington Pageant this summer. Maybe by then she'll enjoy the weather because she wasn't happy with the city, or Seattle residents, in December.

She tweeted, "Ugh can't stand cold rainy Seattle and the annoying people."

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On her Twitter feed @MissPhoenix 2010, she frequently uses the word "annoyed," so perhaps it's just her favorite word. There are other unflattering comments on her page too. She should reconsider the way she's uses social media if she wants to be a public figure. The tweets above were from December of 2011. A friend of hers tells me she had not decided to enter the Miss Seattle Scholarship competition at that time.

UPDATE:

Miss Seattle apologizes for the tweets, in a comment on this blog.

"I apologize for the negative connotations towards the city of Seattle and its people or any other postings when I wasn’t in a positive place. Those tweets by no means reflect my actual opinions or views, I was simply having “one of those days” and sincerely apologize to anyone who took those statements offensively," says Ahn.

She is a Seattle native, and says she truly loves Seattle "with all of my heart and the support these past months in the Seattle community has just been indescribable."

"I realize now what a mistake it is to post things when your not in a good mood," she writes.

She deleted several unflattering tweets and renamed her account last night to reflect her new title, @MissSeattle2012.

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Photo by Dave Barksdale, of Depoe Barksdale Studios

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  • Camanoresident wrote...
    Ain't no raving beauty
    March 5, 2012 5:27 am
    I my opinion, she ain't no raving beauty queen. Looks like the weather has rubbed her the wrong way. There are many in this city that are more attractive and smarter than this so called beauty queen. Look at those sagging armpits. YUK!
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  • Forrest wrote...
    First World Problem
    March 5, 2012 5:46 am
    I'm a beauty queen and I recently was annoyed when no one recognized me at the grocery store. Not only that, God wouldn't stop the rain when I had to walk from the store to my car.
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  • sohojo wrote...
    I'm
    March 5, 2012 5:46 am
    Simply annoyed by the stupidity of this entire "news" story.
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  • cpedgin wrote...
    Isnt liking the city a criteria....
    March 5, 2012 6:24 am
    to becoming Miss Seattle? I am guessing the bar must be pretty low for this title. One would think the winner would at least pretend to like Seattle.
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  • Camanoresident wrote...
    Was the bar set low?
    March 5, 2012 6:39 am
    Look at what is called a Beauty Queen. Maybe she should leave and go back to Phoenix.
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  • jason55 wrote...
    Is this necessary?
    March 5, 2012 6:59 am
    First off, there was an earthquake in SF, more important than this story, secondly she didn't delete her twitter account, bc there is a retweet from ronald mcdonald house that says @missphoenix2010 get it right people! And honestly what are we really talking about here, its the WEATHER! In Seattle! like she said, she was having "one of those days" give her a break! and as for her being supposedly ugly? take a look at the other girls who competed and make the decision for yourself! It is a simple mistake she made and apologized for. Move on with your lives!
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  • Realist wrote...
    As Andy Once Said to Barney
    March 5, 2012 7:11 am
    Fly some birds through the romm and she would sit up and point!
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  • EskieMom wrote...
    We've lost something
    March 5, 2012 7:13 am
    The ability to express our opinions. And, like Tom T said the other day, sense of humor is lost to political correctness. So sad. Beware the COVE people (Citizens Offended by Virtually Everything).
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  • Skykomish2 wrote...
    She doesn't represent Seattle....
    March 5, 2012 7:19 am
    She just wants the crown. Time to take it away and give it to someone that respects her City, since she supposedly is the new spokesperson for it.
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  • scuddrunner wrote...
    I agree
    March 5, 2012 7:53 am
    IT'S ALL ABOUT ME !!!! SCREW SEATTLE !!!!
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  • schova wrote...
    Rep Seattle!
    March 5, 2012 8:12 am
    I understand that people can be unhappy with the weather and people do not have to necessarily love everyone they meet... but if you are going to place someone in a position to represent the city someone from the state.. that isn't annoyed by its residents may be a good start.
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