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KwaZulu-Natal law graduate Lalela Mswane has been crowned Miss South Africa 2021 at the glittering pageant finale at Grand West in Cape Town.
The 24-year-old, who is also a model and a dancer, received R1 million in cash as well as a further R3 million worth of sponsorships and prizes.
This includes the use of a fully furnished and serviced apartment at the luxurious Central Square Sandton, and a Mercedes Benz C-Class Sedan for the year of her reign.
The two runners-up were Moratwe Masima, a qualified doctor from Midrand in Gauteng, and BCom Law degree student Zimi Mabunzi from eQonce (King William’s Town) Eastern Cape. Both received R175 000.
The Top 3 will represent South Africa at the world’s three most prestigious pageants – Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Supranational.
Pageant organisors said the person going to which competition will be revealed in coming days as the Miss South Africa Organisation decides which candidate would do the best at which pageant.
In her Miss South Africa acceptance speech, Mswane outlined what she would like to achieve in the year of her reign:
“During the journey towards this title, I made unemployment the cornerstone of all the causes I care for because it not only affects our youth but is the source of many of the social ills so prevalent in South Africa.”
“It is now my duty as Miss South Africa to ensure that I start the conversation about unemployment amongst our youth and seek meaningful solutions which will have long-lasting effects towards its rebate,” Mswane said.
