When many say ‘Nigeria happened ‘ to them, it is often in the negative sense. For beauty-from-heaven called Chidinma Adetshina, however, Nigeria has happened to her in a most positive way.
The lady rejected in South Africa on the account of her nationality, when she was stopped from contesting Miss South Africa pageant, has emerged the runner-up at Miss Universe – after earlier winning Miss Nigeria.
The country’s representative at the 73rd Miss Universe competition expressed her excitement after finishing as the first runner-up at the prestigious global pageant held in Mexico on Sunday.
The final moments of the prestigious event at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, early Sunday morning, saw an electrifying face-off between Nigeria and Denmark, as the two women stood poised to claim the crown.
Miss Denmark, Victoria Kjaer Theilvig, ultimately won the crown, taking over from Miss Universe 2023, Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua.
In an interview following her success and shared on X.com by the Miss Universe Nigeria organisation, Adetshina expressed excitement and pride, saying, “I’m so excited. I don’t have words to describe what I’m feeling right now, but I’m so proud of myself, and I just made history!”
