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Chidimma Crowns African Queen, 2nd Miss World After SA Rejection
https://osazuwaakonedo.news/chidimma-crowns-african-queen-2nd-miss-world-after-sa-rejection/18/11/2024/
#Life #Adetshina #Chidimma #Mexico #MissUniverse2024 #news #NIDCOM #Nigeria #SouthAfrica ©November 18th, 2024 ®November 18, 2024 8:03 am On Saturday, Africa got new African Queen in the person of Chidimma Adetshina who earlier in the year faced concerns from South Africans who questioned her nationality as their citizen, an action which forced her to resign after making it to Miss South Africa Beauty Pageant Finalist and got consolations from Nigerians who invited her home to contest as Miss Nigeria. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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on Saturday Africa got new African Queen
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in the person of Chima ad who earlier in
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the year first concerns from South
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Africans who questioned her nationality
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as their citizen an action which forced
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her to resign after making it to Miss
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South Africa beauty pageant finalist and
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got consolations from Nigerians who
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invited her home to contest as Miss
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Nigeria cheda who represented Nigeria at
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the Miss Universe contest held at Arena
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cdmx in Mexico City became the first
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Nigerian to make it to top five in the
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beauty pageant history and amazingly
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finished as the second most beautiful
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girl in the world with a crown as
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African queen and oceanian queen
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2024 Chiva added sh took to her verified
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Instagram page to say how winning has
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taught her there is power in unity to
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Nigeria thank you is not enough for all
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the support You' shown you picked me up
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when I was at my lowest I've never
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opened up so much but I was ready to
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give up on my life but you became my
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strength on this I never wanted to fight
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you gave me the strength to fight I'm so
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grateful to each and everyone for
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working this journey with me to Africa
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thank you for showing your love and
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support as much as I represent Nigeria
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Africa fought for me my voice and my
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story touched many and brought us
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together this journey has taught me me
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the power of unity I want us to live in
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a society where all can be accepted and
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celebrated by one another this is not
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the end but the beginning of my journey
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love you Miss Universe first runner of
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chidimma stated chairman and chief
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executive officer of Nigeria in diaspora
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commission
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NC
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honorable
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said goodness and resilience Award of
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first runner in the world Beauty pant in
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a congratulatory statement issued by
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Abdul Raman balun director of media
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public relations and Protocols of the
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commission the lcom boss was excited
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that despite all ODS chinima remained
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focused and attained her goals the ARA
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said though chinima added CH as nigeri
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representative finished as the first
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runner up at the 73d Miss Universe
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competition held in Mexico her courage
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determination and support from Nigeria
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eventually paid off she was also named
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Miss Africa and Oceania 2024 the B area
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recall and China's controversial
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official withdrawal from the M South
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Africa 2024 contest of which she had
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Advanced to the final stage some few
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months back noting that Nigeria warmly
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welcomed her after being literally
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forced out of South Africa while in
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Nigeria accompanied by President Sil
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bade group Mr Gore Bruce chinma was
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warmly received at the nikol Legos
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office and there after hosted to a grand
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reception at Idis or base the temple
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Victoria Island with music legend the
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bch in attendance describing her as
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brilliant focused and determined she
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urged others to emulate the spirit of
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Nigerian in Chima by being proud of of
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the country and not run it down under
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whatever guys the competition described
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as one of the most thrilling in recent
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Years celebrated the talents
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intelligence and elegance of women from
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around the globe Nigeria came second
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behind Miss Denmark Victoria kig who won
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the kinly contested Crown from Miss
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Universe 2023 shenis palaos of Nicaragua
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it will be recalled that chida was
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rejected by South Africa who expressed
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worries and questioned her
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nationality due to that Adina came to
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Nigeria to represent sarama State and
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won the title of Miss Universe Nigeria
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organized by the silver made group the
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NC new statement ends in quote shortly
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before the world Beauty pent Sahara
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reporters News Network reported that the
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Miss Universe Nigeria chinima aded China
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who has been embroiled in a national
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controversy is to be strip of her South
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African identity and travel documents
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the department of Home Affairs initiated
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an investigation into her case after she
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became a finalist in the M South Africa
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pageant faing scrutiny over her
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eligibility due to her mother's
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mozambican roots and her Nigerian
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father's
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nationality in August she withdrew from
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the competition after the department
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revealed that her mother might have
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committed identity sted to acquire South
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African citizenship aded sha a lost
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student later won the title of Miss
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Universe Nigeria after being invited to
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participate by the
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organizers the situation ignited a wave
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of xenophobic backlash in South Africa
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prompting ad Shina to tell the BBC that
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she would need therapy to recover the
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department of Home Affairs announced the
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withdrawal of her ID papers to a
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parliamentary committee on Tuesday Tony
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MC the Department ofp Civil Servant
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stated that ad's mother would also have
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her documents cancelled as the bo fa to
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beat the deadline to justify their
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eligibility Mar mentioned that the case
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has been referred to the hwks a special
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police unit that investigates serious
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crimes which concluded that it was a
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case of fraud officials are now awaiting
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instructions from prosecutors on how to
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proceed following the Department's
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revelations in August it clarified that
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aded shilam could not have participated
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in the alleged unlawful actions of her
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mother as she was an infant at the time
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adet Shina has stated she was born in
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Soo South Africa after her victory in
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Nigeria she affirmed to the BBC that she
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still identifies as proudly South
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African and proudly Nigerian she has
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just arrived in Mexico to represent
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Nigeria at the Miss Universe competition
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on the 16th of November where she will
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compete against contestants from around
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the globe including
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Miau this year's Miss South Africa
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winner Sahara reporters stated Miss
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Universe Nigeria chinima aded cha was
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crowned the first runner up in the Miss
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Universe 2024 pageant heeld in Mexico
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City on Saturday night but the crowd Was
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Won by Miss Denmark Victoria Ker week
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during the event Chima was also named
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Miss Universe Africa and miss oia the
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23-year-old's journey to the Miss
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Universe contest was a turbulent and
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painful one according to BBC Alex sha
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initially competed in this year's M
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South Africa but withdrew after facing a
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xenophobic backlash despite being a
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South African citizen her eligibility
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was questioned because her father is
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Nigerian and her mother has mozambican
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roots the home Affairs Department
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investigated her at the request of the M
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South Africa organizers and suggested
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that moves ad sh's mother may have
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committed identity fraud to obtain South
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African
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nationality following this added Shina
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made what she described as a difficult
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decision she left the competition for
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her family's safety and well-being
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afterwards Miss Universe IA extended
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an invitation to ad cha asking her to
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compete although she came second in the
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recent competition chinima received a
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royal reception in Nigeria with
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widespread praise for her participation
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in the beauty pent both on social media
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and in the country's mainstream media
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BBC remarked in its reports we had
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earlier reported that CH Vanessa on ad
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cha born by a Nigerian father and
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mozambik mother who was a strong
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contender in the M South Africa beauty
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pageant sled to be held then on Saturday
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at the Som arena in Pretoria has
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withdrawn from the competition after the
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country police the home Affairs
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Department issued a statement that her
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mother allegedly committed identity thre
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in 2001 after series of South Africa
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citizens took to social media platforms
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to question the true nationality of the
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beauty pageant contestant the
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23-year-old had a emerged as a central
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figure of discussion on national
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identity issue after advancing to the
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top 30 and becoming a finalist in the
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mid South Africa competition she gave an
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on Thursday morning weeks after South
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Africans called for her disqualification
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over issues related to her nationality
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and the business Integrity of her
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Nigerian father home Affairs Department
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in a voice recorded news release said
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that its investigations revealed that
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chimma citizenship may have involved
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fraud and identity theft some residents
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in South Africa had called for her
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disqualification from the M South Africa
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pageant alleging she was not a
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legitimate South African citizen the
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home Affairs Department said the pant
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organizers formally requested the
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department to verify ad's citizenship
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accompanied by written consent from both
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ad and her mother preliminary findings
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from the investigation suggest potential
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fraud identity theft linked to the
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individual recorded as ad's mother in
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home Affairs records according to the
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South Africa home Affairs
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police however the department noted that
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ad cha being a minor at the time of the
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alleged actions in 2001 was not involved
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in the fraudulent activities adding that
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the investigation further un covered
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that a South African woman whose
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identity may have been stolen in the
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process has suffered significant
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consequences including the inability to
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register her own child the department
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said it had broadened its investigation
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to identify and pursue any officials
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implicated in the scheme and is
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currently seeking legal advice on the
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ramifications for Adina citizenship
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status saying criminal charges are
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anticipated upon the conclusion of the
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investigation the whole Affairs said and
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in quote information we have on covered
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thus far the department of Home Affairs
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can indicate that primma F reasons exist
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to believe that fraud and identity theft
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may have been committed by the person
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recorded in home Affairs records as
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Chima ad's mother the department which
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commenced investigations on Tuesday
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alleged that Miss ad's mother stole a
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South African woman's identity to
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register her birth 23 years ago chin in
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a statement on Thursday morning said
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I would like to start by thanking
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everyone who has Stood Beside Me right
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from the start of my M South Africa
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Journey I'm grateful for all the love
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and support I have been shown being part
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of the M South Africa 2024 competition
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has been an amazing journey however
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after much careful consideration I have
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decided to withdraw myself from the
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competition for the syy and wellbe of my
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family and me with the support of the m
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South Africa organization I live with a
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heart full of gratitude for this amazing
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experience I would like to take this
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opportunity to wish my fellow finalists
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all the best for the remainder of the
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competition whoever wins the crown
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represents us all Rea or marre former
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presidential spokes person in Nigeria
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while reacting to her withdrawal said
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even if her mother committed offenses
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when chinma was born in South Africa as
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alleged by some in South Africa's
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governmental agencies South African
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authorities should have tackled the
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mother not the daughter why did they
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suddenly remember this when chma
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contestant for the M South Africa Crown
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this looks like victimization Nigerians
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spent $10 million daily on South African
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companies like Mountain DStv and other
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Farms how come none of them could speak
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up for chimma m has never spoken up for
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Nigeria whether it is during the
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xenophobic attacks or the DStv shutdown
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of Nigeria's penalties during afcon 2023
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when we played South Africa and noway
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what is the purpose in Nigeria other
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than to suck money from our economy and
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reportr it to South Africa chin has
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never known any other Home other than
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South Africa what the South African
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authorities have done to her is to use
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apostates to terrorize and traumatize
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her into submission she can't help it if
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she is beautiful with the South African
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authorities like it if the United States
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singled out Trevor Noah for
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victimization in future if he decides to
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maybe contest an election there I really
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hope the South African government has
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given enough thought to how this action
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called H Pan African relationships in
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this day and age of the African
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Continental free trade area agreement if
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we as subsaharan black Africans would do
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this to each other then what moral
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Authority do we have to fight against
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racism I hope the South African
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authorities revisit this incident and
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remove the pressure that met CH withdraw
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from the pant perhaps president sir Rosa
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can intervene Mr Rosa is much beloved in
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Nigeria maybe he can also show love to
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chidimma say
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