Chidimma Adetshina: South African beauty queen says she'll seek therapy

Chidimma Adetshina describes her emotional state following xenophobic attacks and a government probe.

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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 she told BBC Pidgin she has been "suppressing her emotions" throughout.

"It's just not a nice feeling, I think I've been avoiding it a lot and only now it's started to cloud me," the 23-year-old said in her first round of interviews since winning Saturday's contest.

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