Miss SA 2024 Top 11 finalist Chidimma Adetshina has clapped back at her father’s interview that went viral.
Chidimma’s participation in the Miss South Africa pageant has been at the centre of headlines for weeks. The model vying to be Miss SA has a South African mother with Mozambican roots and a Nigerian father.
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Chidimma Adetshina Responds To Her Father’s Interview
A man purporting to be her father appeared on The Ben Stesh Show, an online podcast, and spoke about his citizenship.
Chidimma has taken to her Instagram Stories to respond to the interview, which incited heated comments online yesterday:
“Please note!! It has been brought to my attention that there is an alleged interview going around about my father. The individual in question claiming and impersonating to be my dad is NOT MY FATHER. Thank you.”
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What The Man Said During The Podcast Episode
The unidentified man said he was Nigerian. He claimed that he married a South African woman and had South African children. However, his timelines did not add up.
He recounted meeting his wife in the UK. In 2010, during the World Cup, they decided to visit South Africa.
“I met my wife in the UK. She’s a South African. So, in 2010, during the World Cup, we decided we were gonna visit. And at that time, we [did] not have children. We decided we’re gonna visit South Africa and watch the World Cup. So, that was my first time entering South Africa. I came with a visitor’s visa because there was no other visa to watch the World Cup. So we came for the World Cup and returned back.”
The man returned to South Africa in 2013 on another visitor’s visa and married his South African wife. He mentioned that his children hold dual citizenship, both Nigerian and South African.
So Chidimma Adetshina father had an interview. Honestly, I’m more interested in than before.
Chidimma father says he came to South Africa in 2010 on a “tourist visa” got married…. somehow, Chidimma, aka chichi, is 23 years, meaning she was born in 2001.
How is chichi 23… pic.twitter.com/jNsfsbYURF
— Kwena Molekwa (@Miz_Ruraltarain) August 1, 2024