Makeup artist disqualified for supporting Trump

A makeup artist who won an Instagram contest sponsored by Kat Von D Beauty has alleged she was disqualified after the former realityshow star learned she was a supporter of President Donald Trump. Gypsy Freeman was tagged on Instagram as the winner of the contest. The grand prize? A $500 Sephora gift card and a trip for two to Los Angeles to attend the launch party for Von D Beauty’s Saint and Sinner perfumes, according to the contest rules. Soon after Freeman won someone found an Instagram post she had made on Election Day in support of then-Republican candidate Donald Trump. Von D herself sent Freeman a direct message via Instagram that night, the Wichita Eagle reported. In images obtained by the newspaper, Von D noted she was “concerned” after other Instagram users had referred her to Freeman’s pro-Trump post. Several more paragraphs of a lengthy text conversation followed. Von D emphasized that she was “not deselecting” Freeman. The two left on apparently cordial notes. Freeman told KQAM radio that afterward, however, she was untagged from the Instagram post that had declared her the winner. As of Tuesday, any posts relating to the Saint and Sinner contest appear to have been removed from the Instagram accounts belonging to Kat Von D Beauty and Von D. “Even though she said ‘I am not deselecting you,’ when a brand removes your name from the post ... yes, that means you’ve been disqualified,” Freeman told a local radio station.