Chidimma Adetshina has confirmed that she will participate in Miss Universe Nigeria after the controversy surrounding her withdrawal from Miss South Africa. This decision follows an invitation from the organisers of the competition. In a video posted on her X account, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, one of the owners of the Silverbird Group that organises the pageant, said, “We welcome Miss Chidimma Adetshina to participate in the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 beauty pageant.
” Chidimma, in the video, thanked everyone who supported her and confirmed that she accepted the invitation to participate in the pageant. “I have received an invitation from The Silverbird Group, the organisers of the Miss Universe Nigeria beauty pageant, and I say this with great excitement because I have decided to participate in the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 Beauty Pageant,” she said in the video. Ms.
Adetshina made headlines after her citizenship sparked controversy on social media, with some people calling on the organisers of the Miss SA pageant to disqualify her, alleging she was not South African. The beauty model has a Nigerian father, and her mother has Mozambican roots, but Chidimma was born in South Africa. READ ALSO: Burna Boy reacts to white model winning Miss South Africa 2024 with cryptic X post The matter took a new turn after South Africa’s Home Affairs announced their preliminary findings, indicating that Ms.
Adetshina’s mother may have committed fraud to register her at birth. Acc.