English supermodel Naomi Campbell's tweet congratulating "malaria" for winning the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral on social media.
Naomi was apparently meaning to wish Pakistani girls' education activist Malala Yousafzai , but the message backfired when she wrote the word "malaria" instead of Malala, Dawn online reported on Saturday.
"Congratulations malaria on your #noblepeaceprize #2014 #Respect #joy #ithalljuststarted ?? http://instagram.com/p/t_-Tjlo5nw/" she wrote in the tweet.
The tweet was later deleted and Naomi clarified:
Darlings my iPhone and I are at odds it seems I type a word it seems to spit out another , forgive me... http://t.co/8QE0oPuME4
- Naomi Campbell (@NaomiCampbell) October 11, 2014According to the report, Naomi had originally posted the message on her Instagram on Saturday, but it also automatically went to her Twitter account.
She also misspelt Nobel as "noble" but that could be an error due to the auto-correct feature available in smartphones.
While people were quick to notice the slip-up, Naomi did not apparently notice it for hours after posting her message as the mistake was not corrected.
Naomi Campbell calls Malala, malaria. Maybe because she comes from the SWAT region in Pak.
- Hamletian Tragedy (@ajith27) October 11, 2014Malaria gets Peace prize and Elephantiasis becomes endangered pachyderm http://t.co/sas60rtuTP
- Ved Prakash (@nirvana74v) October 11, 2014Malaria is now trending in London. Naomi Campbell is going to start a mosquito-related panic.
- Suzanne AzzOOOOOO! (@TheAzzo) October 11, 2014Malala was named the joint winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday along with Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.
