Miss Grand South Africa 2023: Difference between revisions

| image = Gugulethu Mayisela.png

| caption = [[Gugulethu Mayisela]], the winner of the contest

| venue = Atterbury Theatre, [[Pretoria]]

| presenters = {{Hlist|Tumelo Matela|[[Ruan Scheepers]]}}

| placements = 11

| broadcaster =

| winner = [[Gugulethu Mayisela]]<br>([[Gauteng]])

| award1 label = Best in Swimsuit

| award1 = Jaqueline Cronje<br>([[Gauteng]])

| next = [[Miss Grand South Africa 2024|2024]]

'''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]].<ref name=iol>{{cite web|date=1 April 2023|url=https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/beauty-and-brains-and-she-inspires-the-youth-7d26097f-b5b4-4e82-9c5a-0eaa9ac74ad5|title=Beauty and brains and she inspires the youth|author=Genevieve Serra|publisher=[[Independent Online]]|archivedate=2 April 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230402162006/https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/beauty-and-brains-and-she-inspires-the-youth-7d26097f-b5b4-4e82-9c5a-0eaa9ac74ad5}}</ref><ref name=boks/><ref name=art/> Twenty-five candidates who qualified for the national pageant through the virtual casting competed for the title,<ref name=boks>{{cite web|url=https://boksburgadvertiser.co.za/463115/beyers-park-resident-a-miss-grand-sa-finalist/|title=Beyers Park resident a Miss Grand SA finalist|date=26 February 2023|accessdate=2 April 2023|website=Boksburgadvertiser.co.za|archivedate=2 April 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230402163308/https://boksburgadvertiser.co.za/463115/beyers-park-resident-a-miss-grand-sa-finalist/}}</ref> and a 19-year-old former [[Miss Teen World]] from [[Johannesburg]], [[Gugulethu Mayisela]], was elected the winner.<ref name=result23>{{cite web|url=https://extra.com.co/gugulethu-mayisela-fue-coronada-miss-grand-sudafrica-2023/|title=Gugulethu Mayisela, fue coronada Miss Grand Sudáfrica 2023|date=26 July 2023|accessdate=27 July 2023|language=es|publisher=Diario Extra|website=Extra.com.co|archivedate=27 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230727151620/https://extra.com.co/gugulethu-mayisela-fue-coronada-miss-grand-sudafrica-2023/}}</ref><ref name="pageantopolis2023">{{cite web |url=https://pageantopolis.net/2023/07/22/miss-grand-south-africa-2023-gugulethu-mayisela/ |title=Miss Grand South Africa 2023: Gugulethu Mayisela |date=Jul 22, 2023 |website=pageantopolis.net |publisher=Pageantopolis |access-date=Jul 23, 2022 |quote=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.}} </ref> 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.<ref name=iol/><ref name=art>{{cite web|url=https://atterburytheatre.co.za/event/miss-grand-south-africa-2023-final/|title=Miss Grand South Africa 2023 Final|date=2023|accessdate=2 April 2023|archivedate=2 April 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230402163801/https://atterburytheatre.co.za/event/miss-grand-south-africa-2023-final/}}</ref>

The grand final of the pageant was hosted by a [[Pretoria]]-based model, Tumelo Matela, and former [[Mister Global|Mister Global South Africa]], Ruan Scheepers.<ref name="pageantopolis2023"/>

==Result==

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! Position !! Delegate<ref name=result23/>

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!Miss Grand South Africa 2023

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*'''[[Gauteng]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;[[Gugulethu Mayisela]]

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! 1st runner-up

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*'''[[Eastern Cape]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Thulani Ndzotyana

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! 2nd runner-up

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*'''[[Western Cape]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Joey Roman

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! 3rd runner-up

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*'''[[KwaZulu-Natal]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Robyn Hill

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! 4th runner-up

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*'''[[North West (South African province)|North West]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Monique Best

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!Top 11

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*'''[[Eastern Cape]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Philene van Niekerk

*'''[[Gauteng]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Annedernive Brown

*'''[[Gauteng]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Jané van Niekerk

*'''[[Gauteng]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Jaqueline Cronje

*'''[[Gauteng]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Rhulani Mathevula

*'''[[Limpopo]]'''&nbsp;–&nbsp;Mologadi Monoge

|}

Initially, thirty-four candidates were confirmed to participate,<ref name=boks/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/MissGrandSA/videos/511774351111273/|title=Here they are. Please help us welcome the Miss Grand South Africa class of 2023|date=18 February 2023|accessdate=2 April 2023|publisher=[[Miss Grand South Africa]]}}</ref> but nine of them withdrew, making the finalized total of twenty-five candidates.<ref name=mikh/>

*Nandi Sonjica<ref name=nandi>{{cite web|url=https://pondolandtimes.co.za/beauty-pageant-to-present-her-hometown-in-the-national-pageantry/|title=Beauty pageant to present her hometown in the National Pageantry|date=29 June 2023|accessdate=22 July 2023|author=Zintle Gqibani|publisher=Pondoland Times|website=Pondolandtimes.co.za|archivedate=22 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230722071744/https://pondolandtimes.co.za/beauty-pageant-to-present-her-hometown-in-the-national-pageantry/}}</ref>

*Philene van Niekerk<ref name=philene>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/introducing-philene-van-niekerk-ceo-of-her-own-modeling-feline-models|title=Introducing Philene Van Niekerk CEO Of Her Own Modeling, Feline Models|via=[[Internet Archive]]|date=2023|publisher=PPMC magazine|accessdate=23 July 2023}}</ref>

*Luleka Ntanzi<ref name=luleki>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/durban-model-to-strut-for-peace-at-pageant-112a1ef3-d06e-4bba-bc4a-6b3725a4e69f|title=Durban model to strut for peace at pageant|author=Vukani Langa|date=6 July 2023|accessdate=22 July 2023|publisher=[[Independent Online]]|archivedate=22 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230722071248/https://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/durban-model-to-strut-for-peace-at-pageant-112a1ef3-d06e-4bba-bc4a-6b3725a4e69f}}</ref>

*Robyn Hill<ref name=robyn>{{cite web|title=Interview: Robyn Hill - Miss Grand South Africa 2023 Finalists|publisher=PPMC magazine|date=2023|accessdate=23 July 2023|via=[[Internet Archive]]|url=https://archive.org/details/interview-robyn-hill-miss-grand-south-africa-2023-finalists}}</ref>

*Tara-Linn Govender<ref name=tara>{{cite web|date=2023|accessdate=23 July 2023|publisher=The Highway Mail|title=Rewriting Beauty Standards|via=[[Internet Archive]]|url=https://archive.org/details/rewriting-beauty-stabdards}}</ref>

*Annedernive Brown<ref name=ann>{{cite web|url=https://www.citizen.co.za/boksburg-advertiser/news-headlines/2023/04/07/local-in-the-run-for-miss-grand-sa-crown/|title=Local in the run for Miss Grand SA crown|date=7 April 2023|accessdate=23 July 2023|author=Tayla Smit|publisher=[[The Citizen (South African newspaper)|The Citizen]]|archivedate=22 July 2023|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230722195858/https://www.citizen.co.za/boksburg-advertiser/news-headlines/2023/04/07/local-in-the-run-for-miss-grand-sa-crown/}}</ref>

*[[Gugulethu Mayisela]]<ref name="pageantopolis2023"/>

*Jaqueline Cronje<ref name=boks/>

*Malebogo Selaledi<ref name=malebogo>{{cite web|title=Malebogo Selaledi: A Young Visionary Making A Difference|date=15 April 2023|accessdate=23 July 2023|via=[[Internet Archive]]|url=https://archive.org/details/malebogo-selaledi-a-young-visionary-making-a-difference|publisher=Tabea News}}</ref>

*Mikhaela Vythilingam<ref name=mikh>{{cite web|via=[[Internet Archive]]|accessdate=23 July 2023|date=2023|publisher=PPMC magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/interview-mikhaela-vythilingam-miss-grand-south-africa-2023-finalist|title=Interview: Mikhaela Vythilingam - Miss Grand South Africa 2023 Finalist}}</ref>

*Joey Roman<ref name=iol/>

*Praise Nkovani<ref name=praise>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/interview-praise-nkovani-pageants-and-modeling|title=Interview: Praise Nkovani - Pageants And Modeling|publisher=PPMC magazine|date=2023|accessdate=23 July 2023|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>