Meet South Africa’s representative for the Miss World pageant, Zoalize Jansen van Rensburg, who was officially crowned Miss World SA in Sun City on Saturday 5 October.
ZOALIZE JANSEN VAN RENSBURG TO REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA AT MISS WORLD
Beauty queen Zoalize Jansen van Rensburg was crowned Miss World South Africa at the finale of the pageant held in Sun City on Saturday 5 October. This means she will be representing South Africa at the Miss World pageant.
The country and venue of the finals will be announced in due time. Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic will be crowning her successor the new Miss World.
“Pageants are a festival of grace, diversity, elegance, beauty, talent, inner beauty and charisma and provide a platform contestants to showcase confidence, intelligence, all in all, a culmination intense preparation and hard work and Zoalise demonstrated these qualities,” said Carol Bouwer, license holder and President of Miss World South Africa Organisation.
Nande Mabala was crowned the runner-up. The 26-year-old is a model, social and media entrepreneur from Cape Town, Western Cape.
“To the runner-up, first princess Nande Mabala you added to the Miss World SA glamour and excitement and should be proud of your achievements. Congratulations on your admirable efforts,” said Bouwer.
WHO IS ZOALIZE JANSEN VAN RENSBURG?
So, what do we know about Zoalize?
- She is just 18 years old.
- Zoalize is an advocate for women’s empowerment.
- She hails from Pretoria, Gauteng.
- Zoalize is digital and marketing executive at Scuderia, Ferrari South Africa.
- As per the Miss World SA Organisation, Zoalise impressed the judges with her Beauty with a Purpose project, Never Too Young to Advocate (NTYTA), a digital platform that focuses on creating global visibility as well as audibility for the youth.
Following her crowning, she took to Instagram to inspire others on giving themselves a second chance.
“I am honoured and blessed to formally announce that it is my first day on duty as your new @missworldsouthafrica 2024/2025 ✨ A second chance on myself meant the world and I hope that this can act as a inspiration to all the people that have felt like giving up on a dream don’t ever let anyone tell you that it is not possible as your Miss World South Africa,” she said.
“I will continue to remind our people that in the midst of adversity and uncertainty, you have to remember that you are here for a reason,” she continued.
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