Fans of the Miss SA 2024 runner-up, Nompumelelo Maduna took to social media to criticise the pageant.
Maduna’s fan @hazalfalconn wrote on X: “Mia is great, but Nompumelelo was supposed to win, she was robbed.”
Maduna’s fans also revealed that her performance on Crown Chasers was inevitably excellent as she’d been slaying challenges on the show and was in the top three for almost three weeks in a row.
The 28-year-old fan-favourite beauty queen also made it to the top five in the Miss SA 2019 pageant.
Miss SA 2024 runner-up, Nompumelelo Maduna. Image via X
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@_Nomalungelo_M: “Mia’s been my fave since the boxing shoot because she is stunning! That, however, does not change the fact that they played in Nompumelelo’s face tonight.”
@SkolfioI: “Real because Nompumelelo was supposed to get that crown, but Congratulations Mia.”
@BoituRSA: “Nompumelelo, I’m hurt. Congratulations to Mia.”
@this_iss_raven: “Am I the only one that thinks #Mia won because of her disability? Judges probably wanted to show no discrimination against her disability. Nompumelelo was outstanding.”
@khayeLK: “Abo Thembi Seete and Lerato Kganyago kanti how do they judge? Nompumelelo was outstanding in her answers and had a perspective than the white lady.”
@Masterlui_: “#Miss SA2024 na hey. I mean I see the angle they’re going for but nah, Nompumelelo should’ve taken that crown.”
@___aphiwe: “I get the organisation’s strategy but why f*ck us up like this? It was so clear that Nompumelelo was deserving of the crown.”