Miss Iceland quits beauty pageant after being told to 'lose weight'

Jónsdóttir said this is definitely the last contest she will be taking part in

Miss Iceland 2015, Arna Ýr Jónsdóttir, quit a beauty pageant after being deemed too fat and being given instructions to 'lose weight'.

The owner of the Miss Grand International beauty contest sent Jónsdóttir a message directing her to “stop eating breakfast, eat just salad for lunch and drink water every evening until the contest.” Reports the Iceland Monitor.



For obvious reasons, the 20-year-old was stunned by the advice, which came via spokespeople on behalf of the pageant owner, Nawat Itsaragrisil.

Speaking to the Iceland Monitor Jónsdóttir said: “If the owner of the contest really wants me to lose weight and doesn’t like me the way I am, then he doesn’t deserve to have me in the top 10."

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Further, Jónsdóttir, announced that she’ll stop competing. “I no longer have any interest in doing my best in this competition after receiving that message,” she said. “This is definitely the last contest I shall be taking part in.”

Jónsdóttir was crowned Miss Iceland in September 2015. She participated in gymnastics for 10 years and was on the Icelandic national team as a pole vaulter when she was 15 years old.



Miss Grand International ‘is one of the top five beauty pageants in the world’ it says on their website. The organisation’s “ideal objective is an end to all forms of violence and hostility. For the sake of our children and the generations to follow, it is our duty domestically and internationally to rid the world of conflict and focus our efforts on improving the quality of life for all humanity.”

The 2016 Miss Grand International beauty pageant will take place on Oct. 25 in Las Vegas.

This article originally appeared on Yahoo