Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina is a Nigerian-Mozambican-South African beauty queen and netball player from Soweto, now raised in Cape Town. Her identity has attracted controversy due to her mother's alleged identity fraud for South African citizenship. In 2024, she won Miss Universe Nigeria and became Miss Universe Africa and Oceania.
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Dr. Thanolo Keutlwile is a Motswana doctor, model, and beauty queen born in Thamaga. She holds a bachelor's degree in surgery from the University of Botswana and has participated in various modeling competitions. Notably, she won Miss Africa Golden 2022 and was a finalist in Miss Universe Botswana 2024.
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