Miss Grand South Africa 2023 | |
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Date | 22 July 2023 |
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Venue | Atterbury Theatre, Pretoria |
Entrants | 25 |
Placements | 11 |
Winner | Gugulethu Mayisela (Gauteng) |
Best in Swimsuit | Jaqueline Cronje (Gauteng) |
Miss Grand South Africa 2023 was the eighth edition of the Miss Grand South Africa beauty pageant, held on July 22, 2023, at the Atterbury Theatre in South Africa's capital, Pretoria.[1][2][3] Twenty-five candidates who qualified for the national pageant through the virtual casting competed for the title,[2] and a 19-year-old former Miss Teen World from Johannesburg, Gugulethu Mayisela, was elected the winner.[4][5] She was crowned by Miss Grand South Africa 2022, Lu Juan Mzyk, and obtain the right to represent the country at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant, which is scheduled to be in Vietnam on October 25.[1][3]
The grand final of the pageant was hosted by a Pretoria-based model, Tumelo Matela, and former Mister Global South Africa, Ruan Scheepers.[5]
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.