Chidimma Adetshina says she has taken the decision for her and family's safety and well-being.
The Miss South Africa beauty contestant at the centre of a nationality row has withdrawn from the competition, saying she took the decision for her and her family's safety and well-being.
Ms Adetshina - a 23-year-old law student - said she was born in Soweto, a township next to Johannesburg, and grew up in Cape Town. For weeks her roots have been at the centre of a social media storm, with some South Africans questioning whether she was a South African. In a statement on Wednesday, the department said it had so far found that the identity of an "innocent" South African mother "may have been stolen" by Ms Adetshina's mother.
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