BBC News Africa | 'I've been suppressing my emotions' BBC Africa @BBCAfrica | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
A beauty queen who received xenophobic abuse in South Africa and became the subject of a government investigation has told the BBC she will be seeking therapy because of the saga.

Chidimma Adetshina, who was a finalist in the Miss South Africa beauty contest, sparked criticism as despite being a South African citizen, her father is Nigerian and her mother has Mozambican roots.

She quit the contest last month - the day after the home affairs department announced that her mother may have committed "identity theft" to become a South African national.

Ms Adetshina was then invited to enter Miss Universe Nigeria - which she won - but said she had been "suppressing her emotions" throughout.

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Filmed by Adekola Olawale
Interview by Helen Oyibo

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