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Boxer Imane Khalif After that a new look has appeared Her performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics sparked an online controversy over her gender,
In a joint video shared on Instagram The video, created by Beauty Code and Khalif, shows the Olympian standing front and center wearing a blue shirt and red boxing gloves. The video then shows Khalif in a different look, wearing a white button-down floral shirt and hoop earrings featuring pink flowers.
She wore pink eyeshadow and matching lipstick as well as a silver necklace. Khalifa completed her look with her gold medal, which she won. at the women’s welterweight tournament in Paris The video ended with the Algerian athlete smiling at the camera with his curly hair.
In the caption, which is translated from Arabic to English, Beauty Code noted that while Khalif was “changing her look” in the video, the boxer was not defined by her looks. She “didn’t try to change her look to fit the mold the world wants to limit us into.”
“Her message is much deeper: clothes do not make a saint and appearance does not reveal a person’s essence,” the caption reads. “She can look feminine and elegant when she wants, but in the ring she does not need makeup or heels. She only needs strategy, strength and striking, which is where the essence of her personality lies.”
Many on X (formerly Twitter) praised Khalif’s new look, while also saying the boxer should not make his appearance more feminine.
One person wrote: “Very attractive woman. The internet needs to apologise to her,” while another added: “She looks gorgeous and the haters are still crying.”
during OlympicsKhalif first won the gold medal in the women’s welterweight tournament by defeating Yang Liu, thus becoming the first Algerian woman to win a gold medal in boxing at the Games. However, this sparked outrage just a few days ago after Angela Carini was eliminated after 46 seconds in their round-of-16 bout against the Algerian player. During the match, Carini could also be heard telling her coach, “This is not right, this is not right!” – which sparked an online controversy about Khalif, who had allegedly failed the gender eligibility test in 2023.
Last year, Khalif was disqualified hours before her gold medal bout at the Women’s World Championships in New Delhi as she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) eligibility criteria. Taiwan’s double world champion Lin Yu-ting lost her bronze medal at the same competition as she too failed to meet the criteria.
The IBA did not explain why the boxers failed the gender eligibility test but did clarify that both had not undergone testosterone testing. Neither Khalif nor Lynn, 28, consider themselves transgender or intersex. However, the International Olympic Committee said in July Both have been cleared to compete in the 2024 Olympics,
After winning the gold medal at the Olympics, Khalifa He told how he will be investigated on social media with comments about her gender. “I am a woman, I was born a woman, I have lived my life as a woman. There is no doubt about that,” she declared at the event. “Whatever is being said about me on social media is immoral. I want to change the thinking of people around the world.”
Khalif also said that by winning the gold medal she was sending a message of “dignity and respect” to the IBA.
“As far as the question of whether I am qualified or not, whether I am a woman or not: I have made several statements in the media, I am fully qualified, I am a woman, I was born a woman, I have lived my life as a woman. There is no doubt about it,” she added. “These people (who claim I am not), they are the enemies of success. That’s what I call them. My success gets a special flavour because of these attacks.”
Caliph Later filed a legal complaintDescribing herself as a victim of online harassment. In the lawsuit, her lawyer Nabil Boudi alleged that she was the target of “severe cyber harassment”. In a statement, he described the online response as an “anti-women, racist and sexist campaign” against the boxer.
On August 13, Bodie told Diversity, “Others are named in the lawsuit, including JK Rowling and Elon Musk.” He added that Donald Trump would also be part of the investigation. “Trump has tweeted, so whether he is named in our lawsuit or not, he will inevitably be seen as part of the prosecution.”