Pageant politics, beauty and bias: Inside the Botha-Bouwer Miss World SA 2023 feud

22 Apr

Kaunda Selisho

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File photo: Carol Bouwer at the viewing of the collection of designer bags by Carol Bouwer and Dr Esther Mahlangu at Melrose Gallery on June 12, 2021 in Sandton City, South Africa.

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When Carolyn Botha attended the inaugural Miss World South Africa (MWSA) pageant in 2023, the former Miss World South Africa vice-president was attending as a member of the public because she had been let go by Miss World licence holder Carol Bouwer.

According to Botha's account, she had watched someone unqualified take the crown after Claude Mashego emerged victorious.

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