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"I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from the competition" said Chidimma Adetshina, the South African model whose eligibility for the Miss SA contest has sparked widespread criticism. The 23-year-old model, whose father is Nigerian, announced her withdrawal on Instagram Thursday afternoon, following weeks of xenophobic attacks and controversy over her nationality. South African Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber had accused Chidimma's mother, who has Mozambican roots, of identity theft just the day before following an investigation upon request by the pageant's organizers. "Reasons exist to believe that fraud and identity theft may have been committed by the person recorded in home affairs records as Chidimma's mother," the minister said. The model said she was withdrawing "for the safety and wellbeing of my family and l". "Being part of the Miss South Africa 2024 competition has been an amazing journey," she added. After 1995 anyone born in South Africa is granted citizenship. Chidimma was born in 2001. (📸 Miss SA). #takestepafrica