21 year old miss Ireland, Emma Waldron has been criticized for dating a 23 year old nigerian called Manners Oshafi. Emma claimed she has been rebukked many times by people for dating a black man; some "racists" went ahead to launch an internet campaign (threatening
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her on social networking sites and others) against the young beauty for having a nigerian as boyfriend. Emma was the 4th in the miss world competition held last year.. In spite of all these, Emma refused to let it get to her...this was her reply, concerning the whole issue
"There is only one race, the human race. What matters in friendship and love is the heart and soul of the person you have a relationship with, not their colour, nationality, creed or background. I love my boyfriend with every cell in my body and nothing anyone says will change that. It upsets me that people have negative things to say about a love and friendship that is so beautiful. We don't need others approval.
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