Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters the current Miss South Africa, has sparked a controversy on social media after she was pictured wearing latex gloves while she serving black kids food at an orphanage home.
The reigning Miss South Africa, who happens to be a white South African was spotted at an event hosted by Sun International at a children’s home in Soweto.
After the photos went viral on social media, thousands of South Africans went on Twitter to criticised Nel-Peters and they also accused her of being a racist. The hashtag #MissSAChallenge began to trend on Twitter as they poked fun of the “hygiene” reason which they cited for the gloves, Daily Times report.
She however posted a video, explaining why she was wearing gloves in the pictures saying:
“I just want to clear something up. All the volunteers on site wore gloves today because we honestly thought that it’s the right thing to do while working with food, and while handing out food to young kids. That was our only intention with wearing the gloves, was purely to be as hygienic as possible,” she said in the clip.
To everyone asking about the gloves, I truly hope that you’ll hear my heart and understand that it came from a place of wanting to do good.
