Listen: Miss SA Demi-Leigh clears up 'glove' assumptions
Miss SA Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has come under fire on social media for wearing gloves at a soup kitchen. We gave her a call to hear her side of the story.
Listen: East Coast Breakfast chats to Miss SA Demi-Leigh as she clears up 'glove' assumptions
Miss SA Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters' reign requires that she does a number of community activities. One such activity was helping at a soup kitchen for a children's home called 'Ikageng' in Soweto.
Demi-Leigh posted pictures of her and some of the children at the home with the caption,"It's been an amazing morning. Special thanks to @TheMaslowHotel team for this wonderful initiative. #MaslowSoupKitchen"
It's been an amazing morning. Special thanks to @TheMaslowHotel team for this wonderful initiative. #MaslowSoupKitchen pic.twitter.com/5x2JOTBhNT
— Miss South Africa (@Official_MissSA) July 5, 2017
But things quickly turned sour as social media pointed out and complained as to why she wore gloves during her visit.
Why is Miss SA wearing surgical gloves though??? https://t.co/rBviVhSyLP
— Flo Letoaba (@floletoaba) July 5, 2017
Could do more damage to the kids, they aren't worth of physical contact? Worst representation of SA someone who can't even touch black kids
— Bandile Currency (@bandilecurrency) July 5, 2017
Why is Miss SA wearing gloves? @Official_MissSA , care to share 🤔#TheMaslowSoupKitchen pic.twitter.com/kxepmVqzHI
— Nomfundo Khanyile (@nomfeee) July 5, 2017
Maybe we're just focusing on one side of the story without knowing all the facts.
— Wolf Grey 狼 (@Force1TG) July 5, 2017
PS : I'm not defending her pic.twitter.com/M2Z3wX6Lxk
Explain this! pic.twitter.com/9y9JlC6QcH
— #AFRICANDIAMOND 💎 (@TebogoRamokgadi) July 5, 2017
And how do we explain this? 😳😳😳🙆🏽🙆🏽🙊🙊🙊😷😷😷😷 pic.twitter.com/L7oV47rGlS
— Itumeleng Motau (@InnoMotau) July 5, 2017
Demi has since posted a video on her personal Twitter account to clear the air.
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