Mia Le Roux/ Picture: Instagram
The highly anticipated Miss Universe finale has come and gone, and spirits are extremely high as Nigeria celebrates its highest placement in the pageant’s history. Amid the jubilee, South Africans have expressed concern over Mia Le Roux’s unexpected exit from the competition. Could there be more to the story than meets the eye?
Similarly to the supporters of every country that participated in Miss Universe, South Africans were confident about Mia’s chances of coming home with the crown, their track record fueling this convince. It wasn’t until the reigning Miss SA announced her unfortunate and unforeseen withdrawal from the prestigious contest that Mzansi saw their chances at the ultimate prize dwindle in front of their eyes.
Mia’s announcement cited health concerns as the reason for her withdrawal and was met with immense support and encouragement from South Africans and her supporters across the world, as they understand that the ambassador’s health and safety are a top priority. Now that the competition has concluded, South Africans are revisiting Mia’s withdrawal, and some users are not convinced that health concerns are the real reason behind Miss SA’s exit from the competition.
Mystery surrounds Mia Le Roux’s Miss Universe national costume prep as withdrawal adds intrigue
A clip of Mia Le Roux prepping for the Miss Universe national costume competition last Thursday has gone viral on social media.
In the video, a make-up artist was seen putting the… pic.twitter.com/KJkez5QDqN
— MDN NEWS (@MDNnewss) November 18, 2024
According to these users, the dots are not connecting when it comes to the story that is being put out, furthermore, a recent clip of Mia eagerly preparing for the national costume competition has further led Mzansi to believe that their flower’s health was not the issue. Contrarily, these users believe that it is possible that Mia was bullied or discriminated against into withdrawing.
She looked stunning. I think she might have been bullied into quitting. Or maybe even poisoned we all know how ruthless “they” are when they want to win. pic.twitter.com/aL7wqjP6mC
— Inenekazi 💃🏽 (@Inenekazi1) November 18, 2024
Something is fishy here, I wish Mia could just come out and tell us
— South Africans First🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 (@KGloria35440) November 18, 2024
Considering the full context of this situation, with Nigeria’s Chidimma Adetshina taking the Miss Africa and Oceania and 1st runner-up titles, and her controversial history with South Africa, do South Africans have a legitimate cause for concern, or could this be a clear case of ‘sore loser’ mentality from the rainbow nation? Winning has become an integral part of Mzansi’s DNA, and not having the opportunity to do so on a stage of this calibre could be harder to accept than we thought.
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