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Aug
Chidimma Adetshina, the pageant hopeful who was forced to withdraw from Miss South Africa due to a nationality row, has accepted an invitation to participate in Miss Universe Nigeria. “I’m looking forward to participating in Africa’s most prestigious beauty pageant,” the 23-year-old said in a video posted to her Instagram account with a beaming smile on her face. Ms Adetshina contested in this year’s Miss South Africa but pulled out after she found herself the target of a xenophobic backlash. Despite being a South African citizen, people questioned her eligibility because her father is Nigerian and her mother has Mozambican roots. The…