Chidimma Adetshina wins Miss Nigeria
31 August 2024 |
9:41 pm
Rejected and bullied in South Africa, Chidimma Adetshina returned to her fatherland and on Saturday night, she was crowned Miss Nigeria. Adetshina, who was born in South Africa to a Nigerian father, withdrew from Miss South Africa "for the safety and wellbeing of my family and I" after a backlash that exposed anti-foreigner sentiment in…
Rejected and bullied in South Africa, Chidimma Adetshina returned to her fatherland and on Saturday night, she was crowned Miss Nigeria.
Adetshina, who was born in South Africa to a Nigerian father, withdrew from Miss South Africa “for the safety and wellbeing of my family and I” after a backlash that exposed anti-foreigner sentiment in South Africa.
Organisers of the Nigerian contest immediately invited Chidimma Adetshina to join their final on August 31, saying it was a chance to “represent your father’s native land on an international stage”.
“Thank you so much for this opportunity, and I look forward to participating in Africa’s most prestigious beauty pageant, Miss Universe Nigeria,” Adetshina replied in a video on Instagram.
The social media outcry focused on the nationality of her father, even though South Africa grants citizenship by birth to anyone born in the country after 1995 to a South African parent or permanent resident.
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