Miss Universe 2024 Victoria Kjær Theilvig faced backlash after a TikTok video showed her lip-syncing to a Jay-Z song that included a racial slur.

The newly crowned Miss Universe is facing backlash for a viral video showing her saying a racial slur. Victoria Kjær Theilvig, who won the Miss Universe pageant on Nov. 16, posted a video lip-syncing the lyrics of “Empire State of Mind” by Jay Z,

The newly crowned Miss Universe was hit with a wave of criticism after she posted a video online that appeared to show her lip-synching a racial slur included in a Jay-Z song over the weekend. Danish model Victoria Kjaer Theilvig sparked the controversy after mouthing lyrics to “Empire State of Mind” that include the n-word during the nearly 20-second TikTok clip filmed on top of the Empire State Building.