Former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, the wife of former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow, was once the victim of a terrifying car-jacking attempt.
Demi-Leigh, who was crowned Miss Universe and Miss South America in 2017, was accosted by armed men at a red light that same year but managed to escape after they tried making off with her. The 29-year-old model revealed via FOX News Digital as much while promoting her new book, “A Crown That Lasts.”
“Shortly after I won Miss South Africa [March 26, 2017], about three months later, I was on my way to an event as the official Miss South Africa … And I was stopped at a red traffic light,” she explained. “And before I could even blink, I was surrounded by five men, by multiple men, and some of them were armed.”
The South African said her father had forced her to take driving courses and self-defense classes.
“In that traumatic situation, I knew not to go to the second destination, because whatever is about to happen somewhere downtown, in some dark alley with [maybe more people present] is not going to be better than right here: broad daylight, peak-hour traffic with hundreds of people around me,” she continued.
