- Chidimma Adetshina has responded to criticism trailing her Miss Universe Nigeria win.
- There have been suggestions that the model won the pageant by pity votes from voters.
- Reacting, Chidimma Adetshina debunked the claims, stating that she won by hard work.
The newly-crowned Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, has stated that she didn’t get a pity win.
Adetshina said this while reacting to the criticism she received after her win.
Speaking in an interview on Arise News on Friday, she made it clear that she worked hard to emerge as the winner of the pageant. In Chidimma Adetshina’s words:
“A lot of people felt like it was a pity win. I don’t think so. I feel like I really worked so hard, coming from the South Africa journey. We spent like 10 weeks, camp, going through the whole journey.
“It might have been a slight difference compared to everybody else, but if you have to look at the journey that we have all been through, I feel like I really had the same experience with other contestants.”
Recall Chidimma Adetshina was forced to withdraw from South Africa’s version of the beauty pageant in August 2024, following allegations of fraud and identity theft involving her mother.
Due to xenophobic backlash and rejection over her nationality, Chidimma subsequently accepted an invitation to join the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant, which she eventually won.
In other news, Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, better known by his stage name Skales has called out an airline for their last minute cancellation of his flight and how that affected him financially.
The rapper and singer shared a video at the airport, stating that Green Africa airline only informed him that his flight has been canceled at the last minute.
Skales claimed that their unprofessionalism cost him N15 million.
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