NATIONAL NEWS - The Top 10 finalists for Miss South Africa 2020 will be announced on 5 August at 11am, in a virtual reveal that the entire country is invited to.
Pageant fans can watch the reveal by subscribing for free at https://misssa.live/. Once you have subscribed, you will have access to the event on 5 August at 11am.
Two Eastern Cape beauties are vying for the crown. Aphelele Mbiyo (24), born in Mthata and raised in Port Elizabeth, has a BA degree in Integrated Marketing Communications. Melissa Nayimuli (24) is from Butterworth and now lives in Sunninghill, Johannesburg where she works as an account manager for a marketing agency.
The rest of the Top 15 are:
- Anazarde Omar (21) from Crown Gardens in Johannesburg has a BA Strategic Communication in Marketing from the University of Johannesburg.
- Busisiwe Mmotla (27) is from Soweto and is a Senior & FET Phase teacher who graduated from the University of Johannesburg and is currently studying for a diploma in personal training.
- Chantelle Pretorius (24) from Tshwane, Gauteng, a full-time international model who is also finishing her B.Com Business Management degree through Unisa and has a diploma in nutrition.
- Jordan van der Vyver (24) comes from Greenpoint, Cape Town, and is an international model who usually spends half the year working overseas.
- Karishma Ramdev (25) who hails from Chatsworth in KwaZulu Natal, is now based in Joburg working as a medical doctor at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital.
- Lebogang Mahlangu (24) from Soshanguve, Gauteng, is a food scientist working in research and development for a large multi-national.
- Matsepo Sithole (21) is from Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal and is a full-time 4th year law student at the University of Pretoria.
- Natasha Joubert (23) who is from Centurion, Tshwane, has a B.Com in Marketing Management and works in PR at a firm of attorneys.
- Olin-Shae De La Cruz (26) comes from Bryanston, Gauteng and is in her final year of a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in Media Operations Management.
- Palesa Keswa (23) is from Sasolburg in the Free State and has an undergraduate degree in economics and risk management and is currently doing her honours in economics at the North West University.
- Savannah Schutzler (24), from Rondebosch in the Western Cape, is an actress who graduated with a BA Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from Stellenbosch University.
- Shudufhadzo Musida (24) comes from Ha-Masia in Limpopo and has a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Pretoria. She is currently doing her BA Honours in International Relations at the University of Witwatersrand.
- Thato Mosehle (25) hails from Klerksdorp in the North West and is a medical doctor currently completing her internship with the aim of becoming an anaesthesiologist.
The Miss South Africa pageant will take place on October 24, and will be screened live on M-Net and Mzansi Magic.
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