Chidimma Adetshina, Miss Nigeria who came second in the Miss Universe pageant in Mexico last Saturday, announced that she would be leaving South Africa.
After a xenophobic controversy surrounding her Nigerian origins, the young woman who originally competed for South Africa, finally participated in Miss Universe under the colors of Nigeria.
Chidimma Adetshina, whose father is Nigerian and whose mother is accused by South African authorities of impersonating a South African, has announced that she will leave the country.
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“I have already decided to settle in Nigeria,” he said. According the guardianwho transmits the information to her, the young lady does not know if she will be able to return to South Africa, where she is studying law that she would like to finish. He had to hire a lawyer to try to move the situation forward.
Born in Soweto, South Africa, to a South African mother of Mozambican origin and a Nigerian father, Chidimma Adetshina qualified last July for the final of the Miss South Africa election.
In August, however, she was forced to withdraw from the Miss South Africa contest, after suffering weeks of online hate, in a context of racism against immigrants from other African countries.
“I was at my lowest point.”
Nigeria then offered her to participate in Miss Universe Nigeria. The young woman warmly thanked Nigeria, after her time at Miss Universe.
“Nigeria, thank you is not enough for all the support you have given me. “You lifted me up when I was at my lowest,” she posted on Instagram.
“I have no animosity towards South Africa,” said Chidimma Adetshina, “because at the end of the day, it is still a place I consider home, even if it is painful to say so.
Second in the Miss Universe pageant behind Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig, Chidimma Adetshina was also named Miss Universe Africa and Oceania on November 18.
Source: BFM TV
