Former Miss South Africas to pick this year’s top 30
THE road to Miss South Africa 2021 has begun and former titleholders are ready to pick the top 30.
With the entries for Miss SA 2021 closed, the judges will pick the 30 women who will go through to the next round.
The former titleholders Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala (2010), Liesl Laurie (2015), Melinda Bam (2011) and Tamaryn Green (2018) are reviewing entry forms and videos before the reveal on July 6.
Bam, who joined Miss SA’s judging panel for the first time, is looking for someone aware of the social and global issues that face this generation.
“I am also looking for someone direct, yet diplomatic, who can navigate these issues with superior emotional intelligence and can speak to corporate South Africa while also being a familiar and comforting face to our communities,” she said.
Laurie, from Eldorado Park, south of Joburg, encouraged entrants to be themselves if they wanted to stand out. She said: “I knew that I had to shine as Liesl Laurie in 2015.
“I had to remain true to the township young girl I was and embrace that, knowing that this was my star power and star quality.
“I was the true definition of a Cinderella story, and I proudly owned it.” The chief executive of the Miss South Africa Organisation, Stephanie Weil, is confident about the judging panel she chose.
“Who better to pick the Top 30 than former titleholders who have walked in the shoes of this year’s entrants and who will be able to bring out the best in each candidate while giving pertinent advice.
“They know what qualities a potential Miss South Africa needs to possess to represent this country on international stages," she said.
Shudufadzo Musida won Miss SA 2020.