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Pakistan were crushed by India in their first World Cup match on Sunday, but BuzzFeed India's editor Rega Jha's gave Pakistanis something to cheer about when she admitted on Twitter that Pakistanis were 'hotter' than 'ugly' Indians.
Taking to her Twitter account, the 23-year-old editor tweeted, "it's so sad that no matter who wins, Pakistanis will continue to be way hotter than us and we'll continue to be their ugly neighbours."
https://twitter.com/RegaJha/status/566916032363642880
The tweet, for obvious reasons, sparked an outrage among Indians who were merciless in their responses to the BuzzFeed editor's tweet.
@RegaJha this tweet is as UGLY as you.
— AB🐾. 🚩🇮🇳 (Modi ka Parivar) (@abhi_bol) February 15, 2015
dear @RegaJha Who We? Please Clarify, As an Indian I m really Offended by this tweet. Probably you forgot 1992 Blasts or 2008 Mumbai attack.
— Shrin (@ShrrinG) February 15, 2015
.@RegaJha Your low self-esteem screaming , that's okay if you are ugly there are uncountable good looking women and men in India
— Quantum Walker (@Quantum__Walker) February 15, 2015
Some however, took a more comical approach to Jha's opinion and retweeted her sentiment in good faith.
@RegaJha Couldn't agree more. The men are so yummy.
— vivek tejuja 🌈 (@vivekisms) February 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/manithan34/status/566922852515856384
@RegaJha ANY Indian will be ecstatic to sponsor ur one way trip there.Hell, we'll even take ur baraat there happily..
— MI (@mkk3601) February 15, 2015
Jha's tweet was retweeted over 2,000 times since it went up and was favourtied by over 1,000 twitter users. However, many argued that the young editor was simply trying to attract attention.
Within three hours of posting the tweet, Jha took back her statement by claiming that "all Indians are beautiful, inside and out."
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