MetroFm has released an official statement addressing the Twitter poll

This morning fans were appalled by the opinion poll that featured on #theWkndr about South Africa’s newly crowned Miss SA 2019, Zozibini Tunzi.

This comes after the whole nation celebrating the history-making moment of a Miss South Africa with short natural hair and #melaninOnFleek.

We truly have reached a milestone now that we have a Miss SA whose looks represent many South African girls who previously have been misrepresented in beauty pageants. Bonnie Mbuli even Tweeted showing how she is celebrating the moment:

The poll ran by MetroFm, therefore, served as a huge slap in the face as far as this milestone is concerned. Although MetroFm deleted the tweet, the damage had already been done! Twitter continued on how wrong this Tweet is:

Metro decided to release an official statement addressing the whole incident, read the statement below: