Miss South Africa 2023 | |
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Date | August 13, 2023 |
Presenters | Bonang Matheba |
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Venue | SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria |
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Entrants | 7 |
Placements | 5 |
Winner | Natasha Joubert Tshwane |
Miss South Africa 2023 was the 65th edition of the Miss South Africa pageant, held on Sunday, August 13, 2023, at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria. Ndavi Nokeri of Limpopo crowned Natasha Joubert of Gauteng as her successor at the end of the event.
Joubert had previously represented South Africa at Miss Universe 2020, so her first runner-up Bryoni Govender will represent the country at Miss Universe 2023 instead. [1]
Results | Contestant |
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Miss South Africa 2023 | |
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Top 5 |
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Top 7 |
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Starting this year, the top 12 delegates participated in a reality show called Crown Chasers, where they competed in challenges reflecting the Miss South Africa values. Each week, one contestant was eliminated, wherein in the end, only seven contestants participated in the final show.
The official Top 12 finalists who would participate in Crown Chasers were announced on 8 June. [2] During the show, Lebohang Raputsoe, Lungo Katete, Ané Oosthuysen, and Keaoleboga Nkashe were eliminated, while Levern José withdrew from the competition amidst bullying allegations which resurfaced from former classmates on Twitter. [3] The seven finalists advanced to the televised Miss South Africa 2023 final were revealed on 6 August. [4]
Delegate | Age | Status [4] | Province | Hometown | Finish | Placement |
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Bryoni Govender | 27 | Finalist | Gauteng | Kempton Park | — | |
Natasha Joubert | 26 | Gauteng | Tshwane | |||
Nande Mabala | 25 | Western Cape | Zwelethemba | |||
Homba Mazaleni | 23 | Eastern Cape | East London | |||
Melissa Nayimuli | 27 | Eastern Cape | Butterworth | |||
Anke Rothmann | 23 | Northern Cape | Upington | |||
Jordan van der Vyver | 27 | Western Cape | Durbanville | |||
Keaoleboga Nkashe | 27 | Eliminated | North West | Itsoseng | Episode 5 | 8th place |
Ané Oosthuysen | 25 | Eliminated | Gauteng | Vanderbijlpark | Episode 4 | 9th place |
Levern José | 24 | Withdrew | Northern Cape | Kimberley | Episode 3 | 10th place |
Lungo Katete | 26 | Eliminated | Gauteng | Midrand | Episode 2 | 11th place |
Lebohang Raputsoe | 24 | Eliminated | Gauteng | Sharpeville | Episode 1 | 12th place |
Contestant | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | |
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Anke | HIGH | LOW | HIGH | FINAL | ||
Bryoni | HIGH | FINAL | ||||
Homba | WIN | FINAL | ||||
Jordan | HIGH | LOW | FINAL | |||
Melissa | WIN | HIGH | FINAL | |||
Nande | LOW | HIGH | FINAL | |||
Natasha | HIGH | WIN | WIN | HIGH | FINAL | |
Keaoleboga | LOW | LOW | LOW | OUT | ||
Ané | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||
Levern | LOW | QUIT | ||||
Lungo | OUT | |||||
Lebohang | OUT | |||||
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The Top 30 semifinalists were announced on May 24. The semifinalists who did not advance to the Top 12 were: [5]
Delegate | Age | Province | Hometown |
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Anelisa Nxele | 22 | KwaZulu-Natal | Inanda |
Angie Mkwanazi | 23 | KwaZulu-Natal | Durban |
Barbara Moagi | 22 | North West | Mahikeng |
Carmen Barnard | 24 | Gauteng | Mabopane |
Hestie Jooste | 25 | Gauteng | Pretoria |
Karla Pienaar | 23 | North West | Hartbeespoort |
Khanya Desi | 22 | Eastern Cape | Frankfort |
Lerato Maponya | 26 | Gauteng | Johannesburg |
Malandi Marais | 21 | Western Cape | Citrusdal |
Mbali Mbalu | 25 | Western Cape | Mandalay |
Michelle Kruger | 28 | Mpumalanga | Witbank |
Naledi Mara | 23 | Limpopo | Seshego |
Ndyebo Lurayi | 26 | Gauteng | Midrand |
Nicole Eksteen | 28 | Western Cape | Stellenbosch |
Oreabetse Molefe | 23 | Limpopo | Northam |
Rozelle Bester | 27 | Free State | Leribe |
Sibusisiwe Zwane | 20 | KwaZulu-Natal | Shelly Beach |
Thandolwenkosi Hadebe | 22 | KwaZulu-Natal | Bergville |
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