Meet the Miss South Africa Top 30 finalists who hail from the Eastern Cape!
Introducing 25-year-old Kaylan Matthews (pictured above) who is from Gqeberha and in her final year of a Bachelors in Human Movement Science at the Nelson Mandela University. She has a huge love for exercise and living a healthy, wholesome lifestyle and wants to use her degree to motivate people to accept themselves and learn to love their bodies, and fall in love with exercise and all its benefits.
Then there’s 26-year-old Zimi Mabunzi who comes from eQonce (King William’s Town), and is also a student at the Nelson Mandela University in her final year of a BCom Law degree. She says she has a huge passion for music and would love to study it one day and make music of her own. In her spare time, she loves to work out, sing and cook - her favourite meals are umphokoqo and umngqusho.
Pictured below: Zimi Mabunzi
And the third entrant representing the Eastern Cape is 24-year old Mawusive Sibutha who lives in Bloemfontein in the Free State but is from Ntabankulu. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences and majored in psychology and industrial psychology at the University of the Free State. But, due to the high unemployment rate as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, she tapped into her artistic side and started a picnic set-up business.
Pictured below: Mawusive Sibutha
For the next few weeks, they will be out to impress this year's Top 30 and Top 10 judges who are all former Miss South Africa titleholders with Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala (2010) and Liesl Laurie (2015), who judged last year, being joined by first-time judges Melinda Bam (2011) and Tamaryn Green (2018).
The public is now the fifth judge in selecting our Top 10 finalists and will have from now until midnight on July 21 to vote for their favourite contestants. Each entrant has a number (see bios below) which members of the public can use to vote for on the Miss South Africa website (https://www.misssa.co.za).
The Top 30 is an impressive and diverse group. Among them are two medical doctors, an attorney, a commercial pilot, an environmental specialist as well as models, graduates and students. Some have started their own businesses while others run charitable organizations.
There is also the first transgender woman – Lehlogonolo Machaba from North West – to openly enter the Miss South Africa pageant.
Take a look at the Top 30 list: https://www.misssa.co.za
The Top 10 will be announced at a date still to be decided upon
Miss South Africa is presented by Weil Entertainment in association with M-Net, Mzansi Magic and Sun International.
