Chidimma Adetshina nationality row: South Africa to strip beauty queen of ID documents

Chidimma Adetshina was forced to withdraw from Miss South Africa after a row over her eligibility.

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The Department of Home Affairs began investigating her case after she became a finalist in the Miss South Africa pageant, but faced criticism as people questioned her eligibility to compete because her mother has Mozambican roots and her father is Nigerian.

She withdrew from the competition in August after the department announced that her mother might have committed "identity theft" to become a South African national.

Ms Adetshina, a law student, went on to win Miss Universe Nigeria after she was invited to participate by the organisers.

The controversy sparked a wave of xenophobic vitriol in South Africa after which Ms Adetshina told the BBC she would need therapy to recover.

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