Second Miss SA hopeful under fire over offensive tweets
Oneida Cooper is the latest Miss South Africa entrant to be put on blast for old posts she shared on Twitter.
Another Miss South Africa entrant is Trending on Twitter after old posts she made resurfaced online.
Oneida Cooper is being dragged online for comments she made about women and the use of the n-word.
"S/o to them dumb b****hes that get pregnant by them wana be thug a** n****s that dropped out of...," she wrote in one post.
Social media users say Oneida, who is a former professional swimmer, is not fit to represent women or South Africans.
Oneida-gate comes one day after Bianca Schoombee withdrew her entry from the competition after tweets she made six years ago were labelled racist and offensive.
She has since apologised for her comments.
'Oneida Cooper Must Fall' was trending at number one on Thursday morning. She is yet to make a statement, but Twitter users had a lot to say.
Forget about being miss SA... We don't need racists representatives
— LiberateYourMind (@Themighty_Green) May 20, 2020
So we are black when it suits us?
— Tumelo Warona (@DjNewAfrica) May 21, 2020
#OneidaCooperMustFall pic.twitter.com/m91JvrBgR9
#OneidaCooperMustFall while busy with Oneida .. someone do research ,who's next ,we want to Clean all of them, until no one is left ...Phela we still not over Zozi😂🤣😂🤣too soon pic.twitter.com/6C3nlf0H5x
— khani🗯 (@khani_hlahla) May 20, 2020
So after #BiancaMustFall and #BiancaHasFallen I guess you wanna know who is Oneida Cooper and why #OneidaCooperMustFall is trending.
— Thread Man (@incognitouse) May 21, 2020
I got a small thread to bring you up to speed about this one: pic.twitter.com/QILz2s6wKj
Black Twitter is fetching them there by old tweets and fixing the country. #OneidaCooperMustFall pic.twitter.com/9y4NkHIAO4
— Baba ka Girl (@AviweMfan) May 21, 2020
So @Oneida_Cooper deleted her Racist tweets! Kanti whats with Miss South Africa 2020 contestants with Racism? It seems like 2013/2014 was a difficult year for them. What was happening in Southy?
— Man has no Name! (@LuRaWenu) May 20, 2020
Bianca has fallen, now this one is next. Can Zozi just continue as Miss SA plz pic.twitter.com/8pf6GGMchH
So after #BiancaMustFall and #BiancaHasFallen I guess you wanna know who is Oneida Cooper and why #OneidaCooperMustFall is trending.
— Thread Man (@incognitouse) May 21, 2020
I got a small thread to bring you up to speed about this one: pic.twitter.com/QILz2s6wKj
Miss South Africa organisers said in a statement that they have not looked at any of this year's entries yet.
"The organisers have not yet announced its panel of judges nor evaluated any of the entries received. We only assess entrants once the deadline for submissions has closed. Once we have a selection of potential semi-finalists we run the necessary background checks. There is good governance in place to ensure that Miss South Africa finalists and semi-finalists align with our values," the statement read.
Entries for the 2020 pageant close at midnight on May 31.
STATEMENT: The Miss South Africa 2020 campaign.https://t.co/EJnpyKWJ4B
— Miss South Africa (@Official_MissSA) May 20, 2020
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Main image courtesy of Twitter/@oneida_cooper