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See: Miss SA 2023 red carpet looks

3y By Staff Bona

The Miss South Africa 2023 event was nothing short of spectacular… and that includes the fashion!

The pageant, which took place on Sunday night at the SunBet Arena Time Square in Pretoria, crowned BCom Marketing Management graduate and fashion designer Natasha Joubert as their winner. She becomes the first winner to wear the Mowana (Tree of Life) crown from Nungu Diamonds.

 

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Runner-up was Johannesburg’s Bryoni Govender.

Here are some of the looks of the night.

Bonang Matheba

Queen B posted three of her looks on Instagram. Bonang previously told DJ Sabby on Metro FM that her opening garment costs close to R60 000.

See three of Bonang’s looks below.

 

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The judges

Judging the pageant were five talented ladies: Reigning Miss Universe, R’Bonney Nola Gabriel, actress and entrepreneur Leandie du Randt, actress and L’Oréal Paris Sub-Saharan Ambassador Thuso Mbedu, award-winning investigative television journalist Devi Sankaree Govender, businesswoman and Miss South Africa 2001 title holder Jo-Ann Strauss

Here is what the ladies wore to the dazzling event.

 

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Dr Tamaryn Green Nxumalo

Miss South Africa 2018 was also in attendance. The former pageant title holder wore a beautiful black and white dress with white gloves to match.

Blue Mbombo

Blue looked gorgeous in hot pink! “Original Miss SA at the crowning of #MissSA2023 ?,” she captioned her post.

 

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Als0 see: Miss SA crowns Natasha Joubert as its winner

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