Miss SA hopeful Bianca apologises for racists tweets
Beauty pageant Miss South Africa has issued a statement after the emergence of a slew of racist and crude tweets by one of its hopefuls.
Bianca Schoombee apologised after bigoted tweets - dating back to 2013 - were found on her Twitter account on Tuesday night.
lemme make a thread for everyone who’s gonna be lost when they wake up..
— lola🦋 (@daddilola) May 19, 2020
here’s your queen; Bianca Schoombee in tweets pic.twitter.com/8N8JgffVHh
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But the organisers will only assess the entries once the deadline for submissions closes at the end of the month.
One person has come forward saying she knew Bianca in high school and alleged that she used the k-word back then.
Wow, Karma is a bitch hey. I went to school with Bianca from grade 8 until matric and I can confirm that she is racist. Bianca and her squad always called us names like Kaffir, told us how we dont belong as Gim, how our parents should be domestic workers and how we stinked pic.twitter.com/0sfyIwzBCh
— Empress Ree (@Ree_mayisela) May 20, 2020
"I would like to profusely apologise for putting it out into the universe then. Being the person that I am today, I have now dealt with my past by praying," Bianca said.
Bianca Schoombe has decided to withdraw from the #MissSA2020 contest and SYNC Models supports her decision.#BiancaSchoombee #Bianca
— SYNC Models (@sync_models) May 20, 2020