Miss SA finalists given celebrity tonic branded ineffective, risky

Doctors say intravenous vitamin therapy has no real benefits

20 May 2018 - 00:00

By SUTHENTIRA GOVENDER

Bikini bod. Check. Sparkling smile. Check. Designer gown. Check. Contentious intravenous vitamin therapy. Check. That's the beauty regimen that Miss South Africa finalists have undergone ahead of the finals, to be held in Pretoria next Sunday. But the intravenous vitamin therapy - popularised by Rihanna, Madonna and Simon Cowell - has been criticised by beauty experts.

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