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It seems sex tapes and nude pictures are the in-thing with beauty queens these days as nude images of Miss Zimbabwe 2011 Malaika Mushandu leaked.A woman who is a mirror image of the former beauty queen appears completely nude in some of the pictures while in other photos she dons panties. The small busted and skinny woman appears to be of the exact body type as the svelte model.
The pictures look as if they were either taken by someone at close range or she took them herself.
When contacted for comment, Mushandu first professed ignorance about the existence of the pictures and even requested this reporter to send them to her via social media.
“I heard about them when Thabiso Phiri (Miss Zimbabwe 2014) was dethroned. My brother actually called me to clarify the issue as I was out of the county at the time.
“Can you please describe the pictures or send them so I confirm if it’s really me,” Mushandu said.
The beauty then switched goal posts and admitted that there could be nude images of her floating around insisting that the only time she took semi-nude pictures was during photo shoots for her modelling portfolios.
“I need to see the pictures before you publish that story. It could be me because I’ve taken numerous professional photos of myself before.
“Of course I was wearing a bikini and they were purely professional pictures. But like I said, I need to see the ones you have because I’m human and it could be me,” she said.
This reporter could not send the pictures to her for verification as that would have been illegal, according to the Zimbabwean law.
Mushandu joins a bandwagon of popular personalities like Tinopona Katsande, football player Fabrice Mbimba, Pokello Nare and Desmond “Stunner” Chideme that have had their bedroom pictures exposed.
There has been public debate over the issue of nude pictures going viral with some arguing that there is nothing wrong with people taking photos or videos of themselves in private. However, others argue that it is inappropriate as in most cases, the photos and videos end up in the public domain.
But, the leaking of these pictures and videos has worked in the favour of some with the likes of Kim Kadarshian and Pokello Nare becoming instant socialites.
Some like Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss USA had negative effects as her reign was cut short after her nude pictures were leaked.
In Zimbabwe the production and possession of pornographic material is illegal, even if it is meant for personal use.
Some of the wives of convicted rapist and RG End Times Church leader Robert Gumbura are still facing an ongoing legal battle after police discovered pornographic materials of the women during a raid to investigate rape claims against their husband.
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