Miss SA under fire for wearing gloves while volunteering
Twitter users are not happy with Miss SA Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters' decision to wear gloves at a children's home.
Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters visited a children's home in Soweto recently to do some volunteer work, but her good deed has been overshadowed by a pair of medical gloves.
The beauty queen was pictured wearing the gloves while helping out at the soup kitchen and feeding children.
Some Twitter users accused her of trying to avoid contact with the children.
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Im extremely disgusted by the actions of Miss SA
— Sefularo Keamogetswe (@Sefularo_Keamo) July 5, 2017
There's no amount of reason that can justify her eatin with gloves on while feedin the kids https://t.co/oiaAb7Es8z
Miss SA eating with gloves on ?must be a lab experiment... pic.twitter.com/tOShwUXGxP
— Modern Black Youth (@SasTheScientist) July 5, 2017
But Miss SA has denied that she did not want to touch the children, and took to Twitter to explain her decision to wear gloves. "All the volunteers on site wore gloves today, because we honestly thought it is the right thing to do while working with food…. It was purely to be as hygienic as possible,” Demi-Leigh said in a video.Dear Miss SA do you remember when Miss SA finalists went to an animal shelter 2 feed animals? You didn't need gloves pic.twitter.com/ieftsbSq0n
— Modern Day Pantsula (@Thabiso_Dlamini) July 6, 2017
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. pic.twitter.com/Pl5amM2gEM
— Demi-LeighNel-Peters (@DemiLeighNP) July 5, 2017
Twitter users were not buying her reasoning for wearing gloves.
If our Miss SA has Put on those Gloves for Hygiene purposes then why didn't she put on Hair Net and an Apron. aaaaarg man don't fool us pic.twitter.com/4PEq1SH8GP
— IG:IAM_Tido_Benedict (@Thato_Sewetsi) July 5, 2017
Miss SA can take her apology and gloves & shove them Kwa Verwoed and Terreblanche
— Mr Khumalo Sir (@RAI777GP) July 5, 2017
Miss Gloves SA explaining her nonsense...
— Buhle Xulu (@boohley) July 5, 2017
Me: pic.twitter.com/cpAKRX38Jr
Some came to Miss SA's defence, and tweeted pictures of Demi-Leigh interacting with the children without gloves.
Miss SA without gloves, stop dragging her pic.twitter.com/DSlHbfkF2g
— 6runo 🐃 (@SirbrunoHQ) July 5, 2017
I'm sure Miss SA had been busy in the kitchen with gloves and was asked to come for pics. Lack of oversight 😞
— Menzi (@MrMenziN) July 5, 2017
Y'all blew the Miss SA/gloves situation waaaaaay out of proportion! As y'all do with everything! pic.twitter.com/CbqJhAvKhi
— Chakra Zulu 🕉 (@_Nomalungelo_M) July 5, 2017
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