# ‘I was born in South Africa,’ says beauty queen facing deportation bid

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- BBC News, 2026-08-19 15:12 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj364xxr5ngo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina, who faces deportation from South Africa, says she was born there and has been treated unfairly and targeted. Officials want her detained while pursuing the case, but a court postponed the government’s detention application until February 2027.