A Miss SA candidate has come under fire after social media users found some 'racist' old tweets - Bianca Schoombe trended on Twitter as South Africans dragged her for the social media posts - Schoombe has since decided to withdraw from the Miss SA 2020 pageant.
South Africans have unleashed their wrath on a Miss SA 2020 hopeful, Bianca Schoombe, after some of her old tweets resurfaced. Screenshots of Bianca's tweets from as far back as 2013 were circulated on Twitter this week which pa,inted her in a bad light. Some of the tweets made fun of black people while other posts could have been viewed as fat-shaming.
Despite an apology, South Africans could not stand the idea of having a potential Miss SA that had wrote tweets that portrayed anything but positivity towards the rainbow nation Mandela worked for.
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| Bianca Schoombe |
South Africans have unleashed their wrath on a Miss SA 2020 hopeful, Bianca Schoombe, after some of her old tweets resurfaced. Screenshots of Bianca's tweets from as far back as 2013 were circulated on Twitter this week which pa,inted her in a bad light. Some of the tweets made fun of black people while other posts could have been viewed as fat-shaming.
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| Twitter parody account Man's Not Barry Roux shared some of the tweets that then-teen Bianca shared on the social media platform. Bianca said she’s ready to be #MissSA2020 & Black Twitter went back as far as 2013 just to prove that once tweeted racists tweets & she’s been body shaming others therefore #BiancaMustFall hai this App. #MissSA2020 #Bianca #BiancaSchoombee |
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| "Good morning SA, in light of recent events regarding my tweets from six years ago, when I was 14 years old, I would like to profusely apologise for putting it out into the universe then, however, I would like to make you all aware that I have grown as a person. This is no longer who I am or what I stand for." |
Despite an apology, South Africans could not stand the idea of having a potential Miss SA that had wrote tweets that portrayed anything but positivity towards the rainbow nation Mandela worked for.
Mbuyiseni Ndlozi also reacted to the news, writing: "Bianca doesn’t have to contest Miss SA. She is already Miss Racism. Now - she must own her racism throne."
Take a look at his post below
This resulted in Bianca dropping out of the 2020 Miss SA pageant. SYNC Models announced her decision on Twitter:
Says Miss South Africa CEO Stephanie Weil:
“Entries for this year’s competition opened on May 11 and close on May 31, 2020, at midnight.
The organisers have not yet announced its panel of judges nor evaluated any of the entries received. We only assess entrants once the deadline for submissions has closed.
Once we have a selection of potential semi-finalists we run the necessary background checks.
“There is good governance in place to ensure that Miss South Africa finalists and semi-finalists align with our values.
Our rules state that any semi-finalist or finalist may not have been involved in any unsavoury or unethical incidents or conduct that may bring the organisers or the Miss South Africa pageant into disrepute.
Unsavoury or unethical conduct includes, but is not limited to, bribery, racism, sexism, slander or libel.”
