Olivia Jordan says she is ‘hurt, but not defeated’ by Trump win

A day after the elections, Miss USA 2015 Olivia Jordan took to Instagram to express her feelings about the results.

"I feel hurt, but not defeated," she stated after declaring that she was "blissfully hoping for a future where there isn't so much toxicity in our world reflected in the comment section online."

 

A bit of vulnerability for you- Yesterday I voted for Hillary Clinton and shared one of my most misunderstood posts that I've ever experienced on this page. I try to keep everything I put out positive, uplifting, empowering or humorous. I knew it was a controversial and heated Election Day. I was proud to be part of history that a woman was on that ballot representing the Democratic party, I was excited by what that meant for how far women are coming. I did not vote for her simply because she was a woman. Clinton and I share similar values and I respect the work she has done for our country and for the world. I felt with her many years of experience she was the most fit for the job. You do NOT need to agree with me. I understand that half the country feels very differently than I do. But I also feared that electing a president that ran on a platform full of intimidating rhetoric might create a culture of more bullying. So I made a comment about how I would like to live in a world without getting trashed on days I post no-makeup selfies. I UNDERSTAND that a president does not control how people comment on insta-feeds. But I was just blissfully hoping for a future where there isn't so much toxicity in our world reflected in the comment section online. We do not need to agree on everything (or anything), but can we please respect each other. I've spent most of the past 24 hours crying over this election, trying to process this. I will support our POTUS and pray for him and our country daily. I feel hurt, but not defeated. Praying for a world where we can help each other lift up, help each other heal the obvious wounds that so many of us (on both sides of the vote) are feeling, help each other create a positive, inclusive, loving country where we can all live- with our differing beliefs- in harmony.????????? #riseup #liveinlove #nomakeup #nofilter #nobullying #createpositivechange #onelove PS no I don't have to vote for my former "boss". I'm grateful for my former job but that does NOT mean that I base my vote or my political opinions on that job. And I don't mind the unfollows. I actually much prefer them to the bullying comments.??????????

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Nov 9, 2016 at 6:19pm PST

Jordan said that she "feared that electing a president [who] ran on a platform full of intimidating rhetoric might create a culture of more bullying," but said that she would support the president and pray for him and the country.

Jordan voted for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who on Tuesday was defeated by Donald Trump. Trump, incidentally, was a co-owner of the Miss Universe pageant with NBC, until the network objected to Trump's statements regarding Mexicans and said it would no longer air the pageant. Trump then bought out NBC's share and fully owned the pageant for a few days before selling it to News Corporation.

Earlier this year, his poor treatment of 1996 titleholder Alicia Machado during her reign and afterwards was revisited during the campaign.

In another post, Jordan reminded people that they can use their voice for good and added, "I will raise my voice. I will march. I will fight to make messages of love louder than messages of fear."

 

Feeling a little shaken this morning, but the sun is still shining today and life will continue on.???? Last night, for me, was an education on how upset so many people are with the way things are in the US.???? A radical shift has occurred and none of us know how that will play out; but my prayers will be with Trump and his entire cabinet that they will keep their heads level and move our nation forward one day at a time. I also have to find hope in seeing what Trump was able to accomplish by speaking his truth loudly and unapologetically. He was completely outside the political system and now he is President of the USA...if he can make such a shift, why can't we all. Why can't each of us rise up and become beacons of love?We can use our voices for good.???????? I experienced the power of politics firsthand this year when I helped get a bill passed to #EndALZ ???? lets do more of that. If it's not getting done, let's do it ourselves. I will respect the choice of the American people, but you better believe I will not tread lightly in politics in the years to come. I will raise my voice. I will march. I will fight to make messages of love louder than messages of fear.???????? #godblessamerica

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Nov 9, 2016 at 8:29am PST

Jordan spent a year representing America as Miss USA and used her time on the Miss Universe stage to express her desire to empower women around the world—which she has done without the crown, evidenced by her full support for Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach. — Aya Tantiangco/BM, GMA News