South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has revealed preliminary findings from an investigation into the nationality of beauty queen Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina.
Chidimma, a model of Nigerian descent was recently questioned over her eligibility to compete in the 2024 Miss South Africa pageant.
Her parents apparently met in Johannesburg in the late 1990s before moving to Pimville.
The 23-year-old’s nationality debate gathered traction on social media in July, shortly after she advanced to the round of 16.
In a statement issued on Monday, South African Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber stated that the government initiated an investigation after receiving official requests from Miss SA organisers to ask about Chidimma’s citizenship.
The pressure has since forced the ebony black beauty to withdraw from the pageant while a suit has been filed against her mother for identity theft.
Cheery reports just in say that the Nigeria National Director of the Miss Universe pageant has invited her to contest as a Nigerian.
