Miss World Malaysia 2021, Lavanya Sivaji dibully habis-habisan oleh netizen Indonesia karena klaim Batik. Pasalnya, dalam instagram miliknya telah membuat caption yang diduga meng-klaim batik. "Kain batik melambangkan keragaman di antara orang Malaysia, dengan berbagai warna, cetakan & desainnya. Oleh karena itu, saya mempersembahkan kepada Anda gaun malam saya untuk Miss World Malaysia 2021 yang terbuat dari kain batik Malaysia," jelas Lavanya Sivaji. Dari unggahannya memancing netizen Indonesia yang akhirnya ia dibuly habis-habisan.
Kini, Lavanya kembali muncul serta meminta maaf karena telah menyinggung masyarakat Indonesia tentang batik. Permintaan maafnya itu ia sampaikan melalui unggahan instagram miliknya dalam Bahasa Inggris
"Hi everybody! To my dear pageant lovers especially in Indonesia. I hope all of you are in good health. First of all, i would like to apologise if i have offended anyone for this posting.
I acknowledged the word Batik is originally from Java as well as the designs and the history.
However, there are few other countries that practiced such cultural element including Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India with their own designs and motives.
Be it Malaysia, Indonesia or any other countries, I will always feel proud wearing Batik. I would like to thank each and everyone of you for reminding me to respect our root, cultural and tradition. Whenever I am wearing Batik, I can feel a sense of nourishing power of a true women. We have superpowers. We are healers. We are mothers."