Miss SA entrant apologises for racist tweets after receiving backlash

Miss South Africa hopeful Bianca Schoombee found herself in a lot of trouble when her old offensive tweets resurfaced on Twitter.

The tweets dating back to 2014 resurfaced as the SYNC model was gaining traction for her Miss SA application.

#BiancaForMissSA @Official_MissSA https://t.co/tVaAkSkgoM

— SYNC Models (@sync_models) May 18, 2020

The offensive tweets started trending, sparking a debate regarding whether Schoombee should be forgiven because she was a teenager when posting the tweets.

Bianca said she’s ready to be #MissSA2020 & Black Twitter went back as far as 2013 just to prove that once tweeted racists tweets & she’s been body shaming others therefore #BiancaMustFall hai this App. #MissSA2020 #Bianca #BiancaSchoombee pic.twitter.com/9rKJ6CC7sD

— Man’s NOT Barry Roux  (@AdvoBarryRoux) May 20, 2020

To all young parents out there.
What u privately feed your child with at a later stage, it shall manifest to the outside world. As much as we can fight her now, i blame her parents!!! What a loss.

#BiancaMustFall pic.twitter.com/iwsR2cuCqA

— TAB THE BEAST (@Tabzero_SA) May 20, 2020

If she was able to be racist at the tender age of 14,what is she capable of now? Racism is not like a pair of jeans, you can’t outgrow it,you just TRIED to keep your racist slurs out of social media. You’re not gonna be Miss SA,try Australia or Germany

— 💫YOUR RICH AUNTY💫 (@Zoemkoena) May 20, 2020

Schoombee then took to her social media to apologise for her tweets writing, “Good morning SA, inlight of recent event[s] regarding my tweets from 6 years ago, when I was 14 years old, I would like to profusely apologize for putting it out into the universe then.”

She continued, “I would like to make you all aware that I have grown as a person, this is no longer who I am or what I stand for.”

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A post shared by Bianca Schoombee (@bianca_schoombee03) on May 19, 2020 at 11:07pm PDT

Some south Africans did not accept the apology though as #Biancamustfall started trending. Soon after that Schoombee was no longer available on Twitter.

Bianca doesn’t have to contest Miss SA. She is already Miss Racism.

Now- she must own her racism throne.

— Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (@MbuyiseniNdlozi) May 20, 2020

People prompted that we must all learn from the Schoombee situation.

This Bianca situation is a clear example that you can’t just tweet anything without THINKING. Don’t just laugh at her garanteed misfortune learn from it. #MissSA2020 #BiancaMustFall #bianca

— girl nextdoor (@sihle_savage) May 20, 2020

We must learn from the Bianca story that you must think before you post 🙌This actually defines what goes around comes around #BiancaMustFall pic.twitter.com/hDpQuQOR3C

— shafflemoremedi (@ShaffleMor) May 20, 2020

The official Miss SA account also released a statement regarding the 2020 campaign and in it Miss SA CEO, Stephanie Weil is quoted saying, “There is good governance in place to ensure that Miss South Africa finalists and semi-finalists align with our values.

Our rules state that any semi-finalist or finalist may not have been involved in any unsavoury or unethical incidents or conduct that may bring the organisers or the Miss South Africa pageant into dispute.”