Miss South Africa 2016

Miss South Africa 2016
Date	March 27, 2016
Presenters	ProVerb Co Host: Bridget Masinga
Entertainment	Prime Circle, Mi Casa , Monique Bingham , Sketchy Bongo and Shekhinah
Venue	Carnival City's Big Top Arena, Gauteng, South Africa
Broadcaster	M-Net and Mzansi Magic.
Entrants	12
Placements	5
Winner	Ntandoyenkosi Kunene Mpumalanga

The Miss South Africa 2016 took place on March 19, 2016 at the Carnival City's Big Top Arena, in a contest where twelve contestants from different provinces competed for the crown. The winner, Ntandoyenkosi Kunene from Mkhondo, was crowned by the outgoing title holder, Liesl Laurie (Miss South Africa 2015). Kunene represented South Africa at Miss Universe 2016 and Miss World 2016 pageants.

Results

Color keys

•   The contestant Won in an International pageant.
•   The contestant was a Runner-up in an International pageant.
•   The contestant was a Semi-Finalist in an International pageant.
•   Unplaced

Placement	Contestant	International placement
Miss South Africa 2016	Mpumalanga − Ntandoyenkosi Kunene	Unplaced
Miss Universe South Africa 2016
Miss World South Africa 2016
1st Princess	Free State − Elizabeth Molapo
2nd Princess	Gauteng − Tayla Skye Robinson
Top 5	Gauteng − Sarah Botes Gauteng − Sharon-Rose Khumalo
Top 8	Eastern Cape − Luyolo Mngonyama Gauteng − Reabetswe Sechoaro Gauteng − Schane Venter

Top 12

Contestant	Age	Province	Hometown
Elizabeth Molapo	23	Free State	Bloemfontein
Felicia Muwayi	24	Mpumalanga	Nelspruit
Luyolo Mngonyama	24	Eastern Cape	Mthatha
Marciel Hopkins	22	Western Cape	Paarl
Mikaela Oosthuizen	20	Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth
Ntandoyenkosi Kunene	23	Mpumalanga	Mkhondo
Reabetswe Rambi Sechoaro	21	Gauteng	Pretoria East
Ronette Chambers	27	Western Cape	Cape Town
Sarah Botes	22	Gauteng	Vanderbijlpark
Schane Venter	23	Gauteng	Alberton
Sharon-Rose Khumalo	24	Gauteng	Pretoria
Tayla Skye Robinson	21	Gauteng	Johannesburg

Judges

• Miss South Africa 1994, Basetsana Kumalo
• Poet and writer, Kojo Baffoe
• Actress and TV Host, Sophie Ndaba
• Fashion designer, Casper Bosman
• Magazine editor, Pnina Fenster

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at international beauty pageants:

Miss World

• 2016: Mpumalanga – Ntandoyenkosi Kunene (Unplaced)
  • (Washington, United States)

Miss Universe

• 2016: Mpumalanga – Ntandoyenkosi Kunene (Unplaced)
  • (Pasay, Philippines)

Miss International

• 2017: Gauteng – Tayla Skye Robinson (Top 15)
  • (Tokyo, Japan)
• 2018: Gauteng – Reabetswe Rambi Sechoaro (2nd Runner-Up)
  • (Tokyo, Japan)

Miss Africa Calabar

• 2017: Eastern Cape – Luyolo Mngonyama (2nd Runner-Up)
  • (Calabar, Nigeria)

External links

• Official website