[full]Miss SA 2014 finalists Mishka Patel (Western Cape), Anzel Stofberg (Western Cape), Tshegofatso Monggae (Gauteng), Jade Hubner (Western Cape), Tidimalo Sekhalo (Gauteng), Matlala Mokoko (Limpopo), Ziphozakhe Zokufa (Eastern Cape), Abigail de Jager (Mpumalanga), Julia Petersen (KZN), Caylene Marais (Gauteng), Rolene Strauss (Free State), Dipalesa Mbola (Free State). Pic by Debbie Yazbek.
The Miss South Africa finalists – who will be doing battle to be crowned Miss South Africa 2014 – have been announced.[/full]
The Miss South Africa pageant, presented by Sun International and sponsored by Cell C, takes place at Sun City on Sunday March 30.
The Top 12 come from around the country: Gauteng and the Western Cape have three finalists each, Free State has two and the Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga have one.
They are Abigail de Jager, Mpumalanga; Anzél Stofberg, Western Cape; Caylene Marais, Gauteng; Dipalesa Mbola, Free State; Jade Hubner, Western Cape; Julia Petersen, KwaZulu-Natal; Matlala Mokoko, Limpopo; Mishka Patel, Western Cape; Rolene Strauss, Free State; Tidimalo Sehlako; Gauteng; Tshegofatso Monggae, Gauteng and Ziphozakhe Zokufa, Eastern Cape.
Their list of credentials is impressive: Many have completed or are studying for business degrees; one is on her way to become a medical doctor; one has national colours for netball; others have provincial colours for judo, water polo and horse-riding while one contestant worked for a while as a professional singer.
South African television viewers will be able to get to know their favourite finalist in the build-up to the crowning thanks to the reality show The Road to Miss South Africa being screened each Sunday on Mzansi Magic (DStv Channel 161) at 17H30.