Gugulethu Mayisela | |
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Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | April 19, 2004
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Teen World 2022 Miss Grand South Africa 2023 |
Hair color | Black |
Eye color | Brown |
Major competition(s) | Miss Teen World 2022 (Winner) Miss Grand South Africa 2023 (Winner) Miss Grand International 2023 (Unplaced) |
Gugulethu Mayisela (born April 19, 2004) is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder who became the first black woman to win the Miss Teen World 2022 in Ecuador. [1] [2] [3] She is also crowned Miss Grand South Africa 2023 and represented South Africa at Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam. [4]
Gugulethu became Miss Teen World 2022, which took place in Ecuador, on October 19, 2022. She beat other teenagers from around the world to win the title. [5]
On July 22, 2023, Mayisela represented Gauteng at the Miss Grand South Africa 2023 pageant held at the Atterbury Theatre in South Africa's capital, Pretoria. [6]
At the end of the event, Mayisela was crowned as Miss Grand South Africa 2023 and succeeding by Lu Juan Mzyk of Pretoria. [6] [7]
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Beauty queen Gugulethu Mayisela is on cloud nine after bagging her first international pageant Miss Teen World in Ecuador.
Johannesburg-born beauty queen Gugulethu Mayisela was crowned Miss Teen World 2022 after competing against other teenage hopefuls from across the globe in October.
The South African Gugulethu Mosibudi Mayisela, 18 years old, won the Miss Teen World 2022 title, in a great event that was held within the framework of the 202 years of Independence of Guayaquil.(original in Spanish)
The Miss Grand South Africa organization celebrated the final of the 2023 edition on Saturday, July 22, 2022, where Gugulethu Mayisela was crowned the new queen by becoming the official representative of South Africa in Miss Grand International 2023.(original in Spanish)
A South African teenager is making the Zkhiphani coast proud with a major achievement. Gugulethu Mayisela, 18, has been crowned Teen World 2022 after competing in the international pageant in Ecuador.
She is the first ever Black Miss Grand South Africa. She was Miss Teen World South Africa 2022 and also the winner of Miss Teen World 2022 in Ecuador.