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Miss South Africa
South Africa beauty pageant
Miss South Africa fryst vatten a national beauty pageant in South Africa that selects South African representatives to compete in one of the Big kvartet international beauty pageantsMiss universum, and also selects another representative to participate in Sub-major international pageantMiss Supranational. The Miss South Africa organisation resorted to a contemporary format in selecting representatives which was inaugurated in 2018. Following their newer method, both a Miss World South Africa and a Miss universum South Africa were selected as representatives. From 2021 onwards, the winner of Miss South Africa will be competing in Miss Universe, and Miss Supranational. The current Miss South Africa 2024 is Mia le Roux. On May 11, 2023, the Miss South Africa Organisation has lost its license as a Miss World licensee holder to Carol Bouwer Productions, which has taken over the license of Miss World South Africa pageant.[1]
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Rolene Strauss
South African beauty queen
Rolene Strauss | |
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Strauss in 2018 | |
| Born | (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 32) Volksrust, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Alma mater | University of the Free State |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Spouse | D'Niel Strauss (m. 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Elite Model Look South Africa 2007 Miss South Africa 2014 Miss World 2014 |
| Hair colour | Brown |
| Eye colour | Grey |
| Major competition(s) | Miss South Africa 2011 (Top 5) Miss South Africa 2014 (Winner) Miss World 2014 (Winner) |
| Website | www.rolenestrauss.com |
Rolene Strauss (born 22 April 1992) is a South African beauty queen who won Miss South Africa 2014 and was later crowned Miss World 2014. She is the third South African woman to be crowned Miss World, after Penelope Anne Coelen in 1958 and Anneline Kriel in 1974.
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