Miss South Africa 2021

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Miss South Africa 2021
Date16 October 2021 [1]
Presenters
Entertainment
VenueGrand Arena, GrandWest, Cape Town
Broadcaster
Entrants10
Placements5
Winner Lalela Mswane
KwaZulu-Natal
  2020
2022  

Miss South Africa 2021 was the 63rd edition of the Miss South Africa pageant, held at the Grand West Arena in Cape Town, South Africa, on 16 October 2021.

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Shudufhadzo Musida crowned Lalela Mswane as her successor at the end of the event. She went on to represent South Africa at Miss Universe 2021 and Miss Supranational 2022. [2] [3] She finished as second-runner up at Miss Universe 2021 and was later crowned as Miss Supranational 2022. [4] [5]

Results

Placements

Color keys
PlacementContestantInternational placement
Miss South Africa 2021
2nd Runner-Up – Miss Universe 2021
Runners-Up
Top 5

Order of Announcement

Delegates

The official Top 10 finalists were announced on 3 August 2021. [1] [6]

NameAgeProvinceHometownPlacement
Bianca Bezuidenhout22Flag of the Western Cape Province.png Western Cape Strand Top 5
Catherine Groenewald23Flag of the Western Cape Province.png Western Cape Constantia
Cheneil Hartzenberg24Flag of the Gauteng Province.png Gauteng Meredale
Jeanni Mulder24Flag of the Western Cape Province.png Western Cape Sea Point Top 5
Kaylan Matthews25Flag of the Eastern Cape Province.png Eastern Cape Port Elizabeth
Kgothatso Dithebe26Flag of the Gauteng Province.png Gauteng Centurion
Lalela Mswane 24Flag of the KwaZulu-Natal Province.png KwaZulu-Natal Richards Bay Miss South Africa 2021
Moratwe Masima24Flag of the Gauteng Province.png Gauteng Atholl Top 3
Tiffany Francis22Flag of the Gauteng Province.png Gauteng Mulbarton
Zimi Mabunzi26Flag of the Eastern Cape Province.png Eastern Cape King William's Town Top 3

Top 30

The Top 30 was announced on 6 July 2021. The following 20 delegates did not advance to the top ten. [7] [8]

DelegateAgeProvinceHometown
Andile Mazibuko23 KwaZulu-Natal Ulundi
Ané Oosthuysen23 Gauteng Vanderbijlpark
Danielle Marais24 Gauteng Randburg
Eloïse van der Westhuizen26 Western Cape Panorama
Ferini Dayal26 Gauteng Kensington
Itumeleng Baloyi23 Limpopo Seshego
Jamie Cloete23 Western Cape Edgemead
Keashel van der Merwe22 Gauteng Roodepoort
Kgaketsang Mathobisa22 Free State Bloemfontein
Kgatlhiso Modisane27 Gauteng Pretoria
Licalle Isaacs21 Western Cape Plumstead
Lisanne Lazarus25 KwaZulu-Natal Amanzimtoti
Lehlogonolo Machaba24 North West Oskraal
Mawusive Sibutha24 Eastern Cape Tabankulu
Olin-Shae De La Cruz27 Gauteng Bryanston
Pearl Ntshehi24 Gauteng Mamelodi
Precious Mndalama23 Gauteng Soshanguve
Pumeza Zibi24 Western Cape Heideveld
Savannah De Almeida23 KwaZulu-Natal Hillcrest
Tshegofatso Molefe26 Free State Kestell

Judges

Semifinals

The following four judges determined the 30 semifinalists. [9]

Finals

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