The 19-year-old former queen posted the video on Facebook September 24 with the intention of informing netizens of the violence that is happening in the state.
The video begins with the pageant participant talking to the viewer as graphic images of people — including children — with gashes across their faces appear in the message.
Warning: Video contains graphic images
In response to the post, the Hello Madam Group, which backs the pageant, decided to announce Sunday that the queen would no longer hold her title after she breached contract rules.
Without specifically mentioning the Facebook post, the Hello Madam Group specifically stated that Shwe simply did not behave like a role model, the BBC reported. Per the now-dethroned queen, the removal of her title was deliberately initiated because of her revealing post on the situation in Rakhine.
Though the company has repeatedly denied the accusations issued by Shwe, the queen publicly denied the company's statement Tuesday in a follow-up response on Facebook in which she deemed the company's claims "groundless."
According to the BBC, more than half a million Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh since August 25, when ARSA militants attacked security posts, triggering a huge military crackdown in which hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have been killed; over half a million more have fled to neighboring Bangladesh.
