{"id":1172953,"date":"2022-08-10T13:19:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/10\/thuli-madonsela-asks-fans-to-rate-her-miss-sa-outfit-after-some-compare-her-dress-to-a-bedspread\/"},"modified":"2022-08-10T13:19:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:19:18","slug":"thuli-madonsela-asks-fans-to-rate-her-miss-sa-outfit-after-some-compare-her-dress-to-a-bedspread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/10\/thuli-madonsela-asks-fans-to-rate-her-miss-sa-outfit-after-some-compare-her-dress-to-a-bedspread\/","title":{"rendered":"Thuli Madonsela asks fans to rate her Miss SA outfit after some compare her dress to a bedspread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/744af066-e222-5567-badc-21a547367a57&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x127&amp;resize=1068x601\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<div>!function(e,t,r){let n;if(e.getElementById(r))return;const a=e.getElementsByTagName(\u201cscript\u201d)[0];n=e.createElement(\u201cscript\u201d),n.id=r,n.defer=!0,n.src=\u201dhttps:\/\/playback.oovvuu.media\/player\/v1.js\u201d,a.parentNode.insertBefore(n,a)}(document,0,\u201doovvuu-player-sdk\u201d);<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Miss South Africa pageant finale is just days away and excitement is buzzing in anticipation for the big moment, where a new queen is crowned.<\/p>\n<p>On Women\u2019s Day, the Top 10 judging day took place and the judges all gathered for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>The panel consists of influential personalities, including former South African public protector Thuli Madonsela, reigning Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu of India, former Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi (2019) and Miss World Rolene Strauss (2014).<\/p>\n<p>Others were award-winning investigative journalist Devi Sankaree Govender, businesswoman and Miss South Africa 1990 Suzette van der Merwe and actor and TV personality Thando Thabethe.<\/p>\n<p>All the judges ensured they put their best fashion feet forward as eyes would be on them. As with any public event, the fashion police was on duty and unfortunately, Madonsela\u2019s outfit was on the chopping block.<\/p>\n<p>Madonsela wore an overflowing dress which was a blend of shades of pink, purple and navy blue. The dress also had decorative frills around it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few \u201cnot so kind people\u201d have said my Designed and Made in Rwanda Dress looks like a bedspread or curtain\ud83d\udc94 Do you agree? \ud83d\ude03 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yPuvSfr8jU\">pic.twitter.com\/yPuvSfr8jU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof Thuli Madonsela #KindnessBuilds (@ThuliMadonsela3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThuliMadonsela3\/status\/1557255170341339137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taking to Twitter, Madonsela posted images of herself in her outfit and shared that a few \u201cnot so kind people\u201d have remarked that her dress, which was made and designed in Rwanda looks like \u201ca bedspread or curtain\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe material is used for the Rwandan traditional dresses? Does it mean some of those commenting may be unconsciously ethnocentric?\u2696\ufe0f\ud83d\udd4a\u201d Madonsela tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Madonsela received mixed responses from her followers with some agreeing that she looked good in her outfit. While some couldn\u2019t help but compare the dress to curtains.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s not you Mama \u2665\ufe0f<br \/>It\u2019s the dress <\/p>\n<p>Night Frill \ud83e\udee3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jHViLKbVUj\">pic.twitter.com\/jHViLKbVUj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fassie (@elaine_khosa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elaine_khosa\/status\/1557263957257240579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Respectfully, the frills are giving HomeChoice vibes..ubumuhle kodwa https:\/\/t.co\/X7zsA7UNjH<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cupcake \u201cCuppy\u201d \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d (@Hlela_Lulubel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hlela_Lulubel\/status\/1557297707303243778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s giving Homechoice Haute Couture https:\/\/t.co\/TZkg26XDeL<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YOU NEEEK!\ud83d\udc7d (@buhleh__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buhleh__\/status\/1557292999603781639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dress is perfect wena chomlet\ud83e\udd7a\u2764\ufe0f. Don&#8217;t naka these ones. You ATE! https:\/\/t.co\/3RpLgZg5bp<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Godmother (@Kamogelo_MN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kamogelo_MN\/status\/1557286469437427713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the latest IOL Fashion digital magazine here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/lifestyle\/style-beauty\/fashion\/thuli-madonsela-asks-fans-to-rate-her-miss-sa-outfit-after-some-compare-her-dress-to-a-bedspread-c6e48af4-dfeb-4fc9-9ea2-b7b38d8037e9\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>!function(e,t,r){let n;if(e.getElementById(r))return;const a=e.getElementsByTagName(\u201cscript\u201d)[0];n=e.createElement(\u201cscript\u201d),n.id=r,n.defer=!0,n.src=\u201dhttps:\/\/playback.oovvuu.media\/player\/v1.js\u201d,a.parentNode.insertBefore(n,a)}(document,0,\u201doovvuu-player-sdk\u201d); The Miss South Africa pageant finale is just days away and excitement is buzzing in anticipation for the big moment, where a new queen is crowned. On Women\u2019s Day, the Top 10 judging day took place and the judges all gathered for the occasion. The panel consists of influential personalities, including former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1172953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}