Beauty queen apologises for insulting Mumba

A Scottish beauty queen has apologised after calling Irish singer/actress Samanth Mumba a "monkey", insisting the insult was not meant to be racist.

A Scottish beauty queen has apologised after calling Irish singer/actress Samanth Mumba a "monkey", insisting the insult was not meant to be racist.

Miss Scotland Nicola McLean made the insult on Radio Clyde 1's breakfast show on 9 March, which many critics have condoned as racism.

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