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Former Miss South Africa contestant and Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 winner, Chidimma Adetshina, has appeared before the Cape Town Regional Court to challenge her deportation from South Africa following her arrest over allegations that she is in the country illegally.

Adetshina is expected to file an affidavit before the court detailing the steps she has taken to regularize her immigration status after she was arrested on June 6.

This follows the massive identity and citizenship controversy that forced her to withdraw from the Miss South Africa pageant. Adetshina was formally declared a “prohibited person” under South Africa’s Immigration Act on December 19, 2024.

‎The Department of Home Affairs alleges that despite being banned from the country, she managed to sneak back into South Africa via the Lebombo border post from Mozambique by misrepresenting her nationality.

‎Adetshina has since been released on a warning, but she is scheduled to return to court as South African authorities aggressively pursue her deportation. Her minor son was also found to be residing with her without legal documentation.

‎This legal showdown is an extension of a long-standing investigation into her family’s documentation. The South African Department of Home Affairs previously uncovered evidence alleging that Adetshina’s mother committed identity theft years ago to secure South African identity documents.

‎While Adetshina went on to find immense success in Nigeria, winning Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 and placing as the first runner-up at the global Miss Universe pageant, her return to South Africa has triggered a severe legal response, turning her story into a prominent legal and diplomatic talking point across the continent.

Adetshina was born in Soweto, South Africa, to a Nigerian father and a Mozambican mother.

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