Former Miss Iraq calls out Mandla Mandela's appeal for African countries to withdraw from Miss Universe
Mandla Mandela called on African countries to boycott the Miss Universe competition, to be held in Israel in December.
In response to Mandla's appeal, former Miss Iraq Sarah Abdali Idan, said:"How dare you, as a man, try to tell an organisation for women and women empowerment what to do." In response to the call for South Africa to withdraw from Miss Universe, the Miss South Africa organisation told Channel24:"The Miss South Africa Organisation is not getting involved in a political war of words."Mandla Mandela and his call for African countries to boycottIn 2017, the 31-year-old pageant titleholder became the first candidate from Iraq to represent the country at the Miss Universe competition in 45 years.
The video comes after Mandla, the grandson of former South African president Nelson Mandela, called on all African countries to withdraw from the 70th edition of the Miss Universe competition, which will"Israel is an Apartheid State and persists in its heinous occupation and expansion of its illegal settlements in violation of international law. We must persist in isolating Apartheid Israel in the same way that we isolated Apartheid South Africa.
"We call on all countries to bolster their efforts to isolate Apartheid Israel and cut all ties be it trade, culture, sport, recreation or diplomatic," said a statement released by Mvezo Komkhulu .
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