Mia le Roux, wacce aka zaɓa a matsayin Miss South Africa a watan Agusta, ta yi ritaya daga gasar Miss Universe ta shekarar 2024 saboda matsalolin kiwon lafiya. An sanar da hakan ne ta hanyar wata sanarwa daga ƙungiyar Miss South Africa, wacce ta ce lafiyar da amincin Ms. le Roux “suna kan karamin matsayi” a gare su.
Ms. le Roux, wacce ke da shekaru 28, ta shahara a duniya ta hanyar zama mace mai kurma ta kwanan wata da aka zaɓa a matsayin Miss South Africa, bayan gasar da ta yi da cece-kuce, ciki har da yin ritaya daga wata mai fafatawa wacce ta fuskanci zargi saboda asalinta na Najeriya.
Tun da makonni, Ms. le Roux ta kasance a Mexico yana shirin gasar ƙarshe ta Miss Universe, inda ta ke fafatawa da wasu masu fafatawa 120. A cikin sanarwar ta, ta bayyana wata matsala da ta yi na yin hakan, inda ta amince da mafarkai da burin da aka sanya a kanta. “Haka kuma, ina da alheri sosai saboda damar da aka ba ni don mayar da hankali kan lafiyata da murmushin lafiyata, domin in yi aiki ga ƙasata na da karfin sabo,” in ji ta.
Ba a bayyana tabbat ne na matsalolin kiwon lafiyarta ba. Ƙungiyar Miss South Africa ta yaba Ms. le Roux saboda “karfin gwiwa da ƙarfin jiki da ta nuna a lokacin da ta yi da wahala,” inda ta bayyana goyon bayanta yayin da take ɗaukar matakai na dawo da lafiyarta.
A watan da ya gabata, Ms. le Roux ta nuna burinta game da wakiltar Afirka ta Kudu a matakin Miss Universe, inda ta kira shi “damar ta rayuwata don in yi kalamata ina yi.” Ta yi burin nuna “ban mamaki na ƙasar ta” a gasar. An gano ta da hasarar ji a lokacin da take da shekaru daya, kuma tana amfani da implant na cochlear don taimakawa ta gane sauti. A wata tattaunawar da ta yi a baya, ta bayyana cewa ta ɗauki ta shekaru da yawa na maganin jiki kafin ta iya fada kalmomin ta na farko, inda ta tattauna da kishin da ta yi.
