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Miss South Africa 2022 Judges Announced
Former South African Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, will join reigning Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu of India on this year’s Miss South Africa judging panel. The all-female judging line-up comprises of some of the country’s most respected and influential...
Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane is crowned Miss Supranational
Friday July 15: Reigning Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane has been crowned Miss Supranational. The pageant took place tonight at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheatre in Nowy Sącz, Poland, where Chanique Rabe of Namibia crowned her successor at the end of the event....
Celebrated Mzansi fashion brand teams up with Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane to design new glamour line
There’s a new glamour girl clothing range headed for the shops this winter, born out of an exciting collaboration between reigning Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane and the design team from the innovative South African brand Khosi Nkosi. It’s a marriage made in...
Meet the judges who will choose this year’s Miss South Africa Top 30
Meet the judges who will choose this year’s Miss South Africa Top 30, the list of which will be revealed live on the Miss South Africa app on Monday, May 16 at 19h00. They are previous judge and Miss South Africa 2015, Liesl Laurie-Mthombeni, body positive...
Miss South Africa launches brand new digital platform for Miss SA 2022 Entries
The Miss South Africa Organisation launches the Miss South Africa App as the new content hub for all exclusive content, voting and entries for Miss South Africa 2022. Entries for Miss South Africa 2022 are set to open on Friday 01 April 2022. Young women from...
Miss South Africa 2021, Lalela Mswane set to compete at Miss Supranational 2022
The Miss South Africa Organisation is excited to announce that the reigning Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, will represent Mzansi at the 13th edition of Miss Supranational, which is set to be held in Nowy Sacź, Poland in July 2022. Lalela Mswane was crowned...
Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane makes Top 3 at Miss Universe 2021 Pageant
Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane made the Top 3 at the 70th Miss Universe pageant which was held in Eilat, Israel this morning. Mswane was crowned second runner up with Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu taking the crown and Miss Paraguay Nadia Ferreira the first runner-up....
MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2021 LALELA MSWANE
Lalela Mswane was crowned Miss South Africa 2021 on October 16, 2021, in Cape Town. As the reigning Miss South Africa 2021, Mswane will be participating at the 70th Miss Universe pageant to be held in December in Eilat, Israelm where Andrea Meza of Mexico will...
Anele Mdoda and Nico Panagio to host Miss South Africa 2021 pageant finale
Two of South Africa’s best-loved television personalities – Anele Mdoda and Nico Panagio – will be co-hosting this year’s dazzling Miss South Africa pageant. Miss South Africa 2021 will be crowned on Saturday, October 16, at the Grand Arena, GrandWest in Cape...
Miss SA Shudufhadzo Musida visits Riverton Primary in Bishop Lavis
Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida today visited Riverton Primary in Bishop Lavis as part of the Cape Town leg to promote her new children’s book Shudu Finds Her Magic. The book is already a best-seller. It only went into bookstores at the beginning of the...
A ‘CASTLE’ FIT FOR A QUEEN!
Central Square apartment undergoes lavish refurbishment with unique Miss South Africa Vursa design collection When Miss South Africa 2021 is crowned in October she will move into an apartment fit for the queen she is. The new title holder will win a...
SHE DID IT! OUR DOCTOR MAKES TOP 3
South Africa’s Thato Mosehle is the second runner-up for 2021 Miss Supranational Miss Supranational South Africa Thato Mosehle has made the Top 3 at the Miss Supranational pageant held in Nowy Sącz, Poland, at the weekend. It was a good night for the African...
Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida authors children’s book
Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida can now add the title of author to her impressive list of achievements. Musida has written a children’s book – Shudu Finds Her Magic, published by Jacana Media in six languages and with delightful illustrations by Chantelle...
MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2021 TOP 10 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Cape Town, Tuesday, August 3, 2021: This year’s Top 10 Miss South Africa finalists – one of whom will be crowned Miss South Africa 2020 on Saturday, October 16 live from Grand West Arena in Cape Town – have been announced. They are Bianca Bezuidenhout, Catherine...
South Africa’s Thato Mosehle wants to make history at Miss Supranational
Medical doctor Thato Mosehle – who was crowned Miss Supranational South Africa 2020 at the Miss South Africa pageant last year – leaves on Wednesday (August 4) to compete in the international competition. She will be taking part in the 12th edition of the Miss...
Tears of joy as Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida graduates
Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida graduated yesterday with a BA Honours in International Relations from the University of the Witwatersrand. The graduation ceremony was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Musida was a guest of the Wits Vice...
Miss South Africa Top 30 announced
Meet the Miss South Africa Top 30 vying for the title of Miss South Africa 2021 and vote for your favourite to make the Top 10. The Top 30 is an impressive and diverse group. Among them are two medical doctors, an attorney, a commercial pilot, an environmental...
Former Miss South Africa title holders to pick this year’s Top 30
Entries for Miss South Africa 2021 have now closed and the four judges, who will pick the Top 30 that will go forward to the next round, are busy reviewing entry forms and videos ahead of the reveal on Tuesday July 6. They are all former Miss South Africa title...
The Miss South Africa Organisation continues to push the boundaries in the pageant’s eligibility requirements by being more inclusive and embracing all forms of beauty
Since the Miss South Africa Organisation bought the license to the Miss South Africa pageant in 2019, Transgender women have been able to enter and compete for the country’s most sought-after beauty pageant prize. For the third successive year, Trans women are...
THE SEARCH IS ON FOR MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2021
Do you have what it takes to succeed former Miss Universe title holders Zozibini Tunzi and Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters and the current Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida? The search has begun for the young woman who will follow in the footsteps of current Miss South...
South Africa – currently the top pageant country in the world – is looking for the magic double at Miss Universe
OR Tambo International Airport - Monday, May 3, 2021: Miss Universe South Africa Natasha Joubert left South Africa today to participate in the 69th Miss Universe pageant which takes place in Florida in the US on Sunday, May 16. South Africans are hoping for a...
Miss Supranational South Africa 2020 Thato Mosehle’s online medical talk show
Tuesday, April 20, 2021: Miss Supranational South Africa 2020, Thato Mosehle, launches her weekly #ChooseDay Talks with Dr Thato online show today to share her medical knowledge. Mosehle – who last month completed her medical internship and has been working as a...
Join Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida, virtually, on her run for mental wellbeing
Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida will be doing a 5km run to raise funds for mental wellbeing on Thursday, April 15, at 07h00 in partnership with Discovery Vitality and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG). She will be accompanied by Miss...
Miss Universe South Africa reveals national costume ahead of her departure for the US
Miss Universe South Africa, Natasha Joubert, has revealed some of the outfits she will be wearing when the 69th Miss Universe pageant takes place in Florida in the US on Sunday, May 16, when our own Zozibini Tunzi will crown her successor at the end of the event....
Miss Universe South Africa 2020 announces 12 #DestinyDesigned labels chosen for virtual fashion show
Natasha Joubert will also reveal her Miss Universe national costume at the event Miss Universe South Africa 2020, Natasha Joubert has announced the 12 design labels chosen to take part in her upcoming #DestinyDesigned virtual fashion show in April aimed at empowering...
Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship As Miss Universe South Africa 2020 launches #DestinyDesigned
Miss Universe South Africa 2020, Natasha Joubert, has launched #DestinyDesigned, a project to empower fashion designers through her own passion for entrepreneurship and design. Joubert – who will be representing South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant later this...
Miss South Africa Shudufhadzo Musida launches mental health initiative #MindfulMondays
Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida launches her online mental health initiative #Mindful Mondays next week. Musida – who announced that she would be focusing on raising awareness around mental health when she took the Miss South Africa crown in October last...
Three global stages for Miss South Africa 2020’s Top Three
This year's Miss South Africa top three contestants are set to represent the country on three different global stages in 2021. Reigning Miss South Africa 2020 Shudufhadzo Musida will be participating in the Miss World pageant and will be hoping to follow in the...
SHUDUFHADZO MUSIDA’S FIRST DAY AS MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2O20
October 25: A radiant Shudufhadzo Musida woke up this morning as Miss South Africa 2020 to a busy media schedule including a press conference with two of her fellow pageant contestants. Musida – a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Philosophy, Politics and Economics...
Shudufhadzo Musida crowned Miss South Africa 2020
A radiant Shudufhadzo Musida has been crowned Miss South Africa 2020 at the glittering pageant finale held for the first time in the Mother City. The 24-year-old – who comes from Ha-Masia in Limpopo – has a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Philosophy, Politics and...
COUNTDOWN TO THE MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2020 LIVE SHOW
Your contenaThe countdown to the Miss South Africa pageant has begun and all indications are that it will be a show to remember. Miss South Africa 2020 will be crowned at The Table Bay hotel in an entertainment-packed event on Saturday from 17h00. The show will be...
FORMER MISS SOUTH AFRICA TAMARYN GREEN TO HOST EXCLUSIVE PRE-AND-POST SHOW AS PART OF MISS SA 2020 EXCLUSIVE STEAMING PACKAGE
Former Miss South Africa Tamaryn Green will be the host of the exclusive Miss South Africa pre-and-post show which forms part of the online streaming package of the Miss South Africa 2020 pageant finale on Saturday, October 24. Subscriptions to live stream the Miss...
REIGNING MISS UNIVERSE ZOZIBINI TUNZI RETURNS HOME TO JUDGE MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2020 PAGEANT
Also on the panel are Peggy-Sue Khumalo, Anele Mdoda and Leandie du Randt who reveal what they will be looking for in the new Miss SA Reigning Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi returns to South Africa next week to judge the Miss South Africa 2020 pageant The all-female...
MISS SA PAGEANT 2020 LIVE SHOW TO FEATURE TOP ARTISTS
Sho Madjozi, Mi Casa, Ami Faku, Sun-El Musician and Jimmy Nevis to appear at glittering finale to be aired on M-Net & Mzansi Magic The dazzling 2020 Miss South Africa finale will feature some of this country’s most exciting musical talent, several of whom will...
NOMZAMO MBATHA TO HOST MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2020 PAGEANT FINALE
Leading actress, media personality and humanitarian Nomzamo Mbatha has been announced as the host of this year’s dazzling Miss South Africa pageant. It will be the first time that the South African actress and businesswoman will host Miss SA, although she is no novice...
MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2020 PAGEANT TO BE STREAMED LIVE WITH AN EXCLUSIVE PRE-SHOW AND POST CROWNING INTERVIEW WITH MISS SA 2020
Subscriptions to live stream the Miss South Africa 2020 pageant finale online go on sale today. The pay per view cost is $6.99 (R99.99 excluding VAT) and will include an exclusive pre-show hosted by a special surprise international guest, online streaming of the Miss...
MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2020 TO RECEIVE PRIZES IN EXCESS OF R3 MILLION
Miss South Africa 2020 will take home a package of prizes and sponsorships worth in excess of R3 million. The winner will receive R1 million in cash from the Miss South Africa Organisation, as well as the use of a fully furnished and serviced apartment at luxurious...
THE COUNTRY’S BEST FASHION TALENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT THE MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2020 PAGEANT
Some of the country’s best fashion designers will be dressing the Top 10 finalists at this year’s Miss South Africa live pageant in a not-to-be-missed celebration of South African talent. Miss South Africa 2020 will be crowned at The Table Bay hotel in an...
The Table Bay hotel in the V&A Waterfront to host the 2020 Miss SA pageant
For the first time in its 62-year history, the finale of the Miss South Africa pageant will be hosted in Cape Town, at Sun International’s Table Bay hotel in the V&A Waterfront. The luxurious five-star hotel is the epitome of grace, elegance and poise, while the...
Miss South Africa pageant finale to take place in Cape Town
Cape Town will play host to the Miss South Africa finale for the first time in the history of the pageant. Miss South Africa 2020 will be crowned at a spectacular and entertainment-packed event – which takes place on Saturday, October 24 – and which will be...
MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2020 TOP 10 FINALIST
This year’s Top 10 Miss South Africa finalists – one of whom will be crowned Miss South Africa 2020 on Saturday, October 24, in a glamorous and entertainment-packed pageant screened live on M-Net and Mzansi Magic and streamed for an international audience –...
How voting works and what happens with the voting funds collected
Those who want to vote can go to the Miss South Africa website misssa.co.za; the Computicket website (by making payment via their credit card) or go to the money market counter at any Checkers, Checkers Hyper, Shoprite or Usave and cast their votes on the Computicket...
Meet the Miss South Africa Top 15 Semi-finalists
Miss South Africa Top 15 for 2020: Top row left to right: Anarzade Omar (Gauteng), Busisiwe Mmotla (Gauteng), Melissa Nayimuli (Eastern Cape), Savannah Schutzler (Western Cape) and Karishma Ramdev (KZN). Middle row left to right: Matsepo Sithole (KZN), Natasha Joubert...
The Miss South Africa Organisation Condemns City Press Article
The Miss South Africa Organisation is appalled with the article that appeared in City Press today (Sunday, June 14) IS SHE OR NOT? which speculates if reigning Miss South Africa Sasha-Lee Olivier is pregnant. The writer of the piece, Ntombizodwa Makhoba, contacted the...
Miss SA 2020 Entrants
Says Miss South Africa CEO Stephanie Weil: “Entries for this year's competition opened on May 11 and close on May 31, 2020, at midnight. The organisers have not yet announced its panel of judges nor evaluated any of the entries received. We only assess entrants once...