Winner of the 66th Miss South Africa pageant, Mia Le Roux has expressed her distaste at the treatment, Chidimma Adetshina, who is of Nigerian descent received during the competition. In an interview by Newzroom Afrika, Le Roux revealed that the contestants all felt bad about the treatment meted out to Chidinma. Recall that weeks back, Chidinma came under fire over controversies surrounding her nationality with many South Africans on social media subjecting her to xenophobic attacks while insisting that she cannot represent their country.
This caused the 23-year-old to step down from the competition. In an interview, Le Roux noted that it was extremely hard for the contestants as they knew Chidinma on personal terms. “Each one of us personally knows and loves Chichi.
She’s our little Chichi and we’ve learned to know her and love her and we truly do not believe that she deserved it as we know her and she’s a phenomenal powerful beautiful woman in her own guide and she deserved her spot in South Africa. “I stand for unity, I do not stand for people being divided. So I do think we can do better in that aspect.
We need to support and include one another because she was excluded and that’s not okay,” she said. Meanwhile, in a latest development, Chidimma has accepted an invitation from the Silverbird Group, organisers of the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant to participate in the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024. “I understand the responsibilities and expectations that come w.