Ufa Dania, who represented Kwara at the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant, received an outpouring of love and support from South Africans.
Attention has now shifted to former Miss South Africa finalist, Chidinma Vanessa Onwe Adesina, who is currently competing in the Miss Universe Nigeria pageant.
Initially, South Africans voted for Chidinma but once videos of the Nigerian contest were released on social media, Mzansi shifted all its attention from Chichi to the chubby model.
The shift in support comes as Ufa breaks stereotypes common to beauty pageants, where plus-size women are rarely allowed to compete.
Ufa, who now has more than 10,000 followers on her Instagram account, has been inundated with messages of support from South Africans expressing their admiration for her.
Bahulali, Nikona? 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦Let's all vote for Miss Kwara😂😂😂#Chidimma pic.twitter.com/BWSJiVeTvy
— Vaux Duncan (@netshitukad) August 26, 2024
South Africa, we are now voting with all our might for Miss Kwara 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦#MissUniverseNigeria #MissKwara pic.twitter.com/zYBxnhutEJ
— Alleged.com (@Yolokazi_chagi) August 26, 2024
Kwara is a beautiful plus size woman who is confident, intelligent and embodies natural beauty 💝💝💝❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/zVmM4mkcE0
— Richard Segami (@RichardSeg65959) August 27, 2024
Society is trying to tell us that this beautiful queen is not good enough. As far as we can see, it is not! Keep voting! Let Kwara be crowned Miss Universe Nigeria 👑🇳🇬 Lead us to be the queen! pic.twitter.com/EOY2zPTBwT
— 𝗢𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗲 🔥🚀 (@unclecrooch) August 27, 2024