09 Jun 2017

WATCH: Miss SA speaks out after hijacking

Johannesburg – After narrowly escaping a highjacking on Wednesday, Miss SA Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has spoken out about the incident on social media.

In a video posted to Instagram the beauty queen describes what took place saying: “As many of you have probably heard, I was in an attempted highjacking. It definitely wasn’t the best feeling ever having three guns pointed to your head but lucky I knew exactly what to do and how to react.”

Demi-Leigh mentions in the clip that she just so happened to take a defensive driving course the Monday before the incident, and took a few other classes before that which taught her "techniques" to use should she be caught in a dangerous situation.

“When the incident happened I knew exactly what to do,” she says, adding that she knew that she was about to be highjacked when she spotted the men.

Watch the video here:

Our Heavenly Father sent me all his Angels last night to protect me. I am safe and unharmed and I definitely believe that the precaution I took also played a very big role in my safety. To the selfless and courageous young lady that stopped to pick me up in the middle of the road, you are my hero and I honestly don't know how to thank you enough for what you did for me. To the three off duty ADT and Neighborhood watch security guards that put themselves in harms way to see me safe, thank you! SAPD, @official_misssa organisation and @CellC thank you for all your support and assistance in making this traumatizing event as seamless as possible. It's people like you who give me even more hope for our beautiful South Africa. Yes, we experience hardships but the good always out ways the bad. ??????
A post shared by Miss South Africa 2017 (@demileighnp) on Jun 8, 2017 at 4:33am PDT

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