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MISS SA HIT BY FAKE NEWS

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Miss SA Ntandoyenkosi Kunene latest victim of fake news. PICTURE:People.com REIGNING Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene has been hit by fake news site which claimed she has been arrested for smuggling drugs in London. The site which is disguising itself as UK Metro, published the news claiming that the pageant queen was caught at “Heathrow International Airport with two kilograms of cocaine hidden in two bags of coffee inside two suitacase”. “Ntandoyenkosi, who arrived with an early morning flight was taken to a private search room, where the officers found a second bag full of powder. Both tested positive for coacaine,” reads the story. But this GabPostSA has learned that the “news is all FAKE ”  as Sun International head of publicity Claudia Henkel clarified that the model  “ is not in London ” . Henkel, a former beauty queen herself said they  “ chose to ignore the the reports as we believed that people would realise it was from a fake site ...

MISS SA UNVEILS THEIR MISS WORLD GARMENTS

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Miss SA Ntandoyenkosi Kunene in her dress for Miss World. PICTURE: Yolanda van der Stoep Reigning Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene revealed some of her pageant costumes today as she prepares to compete in the Miss World competition in the US in December.   Kunene, the 24-year-old Mpumalanga beauty, will be representing South Africa against 119 other countries in the competition which is watched by more than one-billion people worldwide. Starting at the end of November, the 66th edition of Miss World will put the contestants through a series of challenges and interviews to determine who will win the coveted title of Miss World 2016, and become the ambassador of “Beauty with a Purpose”. Miss World 2016 will be held on December 18, 2016 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Centre, National Harbour, Washington, D.C with the current Miss World, Mireia Lalaguna of Spain, crowning her successor at the end of the event. This will be the second time that the U...

NOW YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOUR MISS SA

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Pick your Miss South Africa. PICTURE: SUPPLIED For the first time in the history of the Miss South Africa pageant, license owners Sun International, in collaboration with Cell C, invite members of the public to vote for their favourite Semi-Finalist and propel her into the Top 12. They will then be able to vote for which girl they believe should wear the Miss South Africa crown. The Top 26 Miss South Africa Semi-Finalists – who are vying for the title of Miss South Africa 2017 – were announced earlier this year. They will compete for the prestigious title at the Sun City Superbowl on March 26 in an event which will be televised live and simulcast on M-Net and Mzansi Magic. The first phase of the public voting opens at 00:01 on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, and runs until Friday, January 13, 2017 at 23:59:59. During phase one, the Semi-Finalist who receives the most public votes will automatically become one of the Top 12 Miss South Africa 2017 Finalists. The voting will be d...

MISS SOUTH AFRICA 2017 SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

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And these are the 26 beauties hoping to be crowned as the fairest in the land in  the Miss South Africa 2017 beauty pageant to be held in March next year in Sun City. PICTURE: SUPPLIED The Top 26 Miss South Africa semi-finalists – who are vying for the title of Miss South Africa 2017 – have been revealed. And among them are a medical doctor, a speech therapist, several law students, almost engineer, an owner of a construction company and a news reader on Soweto TV. No surprises that two were Miss South Africa finalists (placed in the Top 12) in 2014 and 2015; one was awarded her Protea colours in rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 13 and was a gold medal winner at the All African Championships while another contestant is the daughter of a legendary former Bafana Bafana soccer captain. Miss SA semi-finalists from Gauteng. PICTURE The semi-finalists come from six of the country’s nine provinces: 14 are from Gauteng, six from the Western Cape, three from Kwa-Zulu Natal and ...