The top 35 is an impressive and diverse group. Among them are two medical doctors, a lawyer, a teacher, a filmmaker, a singer, a fashion designer as well as models, graduates, and students.hese contestants come from across the country – Gauteng has 12 contenders, followed by Kwa-Zulu Natal with six, the Western Cape with five, the Eastern Cape and Free State with four, while North West has two and Limpopo and the Northern Cape each have one entrant.For the next few weeks, they will be out to impress this year’s semi-finalist judges who are broadcaster Anele Mdoda and former Miss South Africa title holders Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala (2010), Liesl Laurie (2015) and Adè van Heerden (2017).
MEET THE TOP 35 CONTESTANTS HERE:1. Anarzade Omar (21), from Johannesburg South, graduated in strategic communication from the University of Johannesburg and is currently working in marketing. She made the Miss South Africa top 35 last year.
2. Anica Myburgh (27), comes from Bethlehem in the Free State but currently lives in Robertson in the Western Cape. She is a full-time international model with Boss Models and has a degree in BSC Life Science with majors in psychology and physiology and is currently completing a post graduate certificate in education at Unisa.
3. Aphelele Mbiyo (24), comes from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape but currently lives in Johannesburg. She holds a BA degree in integrated marketing communications from the AAA School of Advertising in Cape Town. She works as a marketing associate and is a part-time model at Boss Models.
4. Busisiwe Mmotla (27), comes from Emdeni in Soweto and is a senior and FET phase teacher also studying towards a diploma in personal training at Trifocus Fitness Academy.
5. Carla Peters (20) grew up in Bethelsdorp, Port Elizabeth, but is currently living in Muizenburg, Cape Town. A full-time model at Boss Models Cape Town, she is also a drama student at Rondini Film School.
6. Chantelle Pretorius (24) was born and raised in Pretoria but is currently travelling six months of the year working as a model in Europe. She completed a diploma in nutrition at the Blackford Centre in the UK and is currently studying B.Com Business Management through Unisa.
7. Gabriella Koopman (23) from Sandton, Gauteng, completed her honours in psychology at Stellenbosch University and is currently tutoring her brother at home and hoping to do her masters in clinical psychology in 2022.
8. Jamie Lee Harris (24), comes from Bluff, KZN, but currently resides in Johannesburg. She is a final year law student as well as an entrepreneur and model.
9. Jordan van der Vyver (24) lives in Durbanville in the Western Cape but grew up in Johannesburg. She currently works as an international model signed with Boss Models South Africa.
10. Kadija Makhanya (23) hails from Umlazi, KZN, but lives in Cape Town. She graduated with a national diploma in civil engineering from the Mangosuthu University of Technology and is currently completing a B.Tech at Tshwane University of Technology in construction management. She is also a part-time model at Indoni models and D&A.
11. Karabo Legodi (21) from Soweto, Gauteng, is in her second year of a psychology degree at the University of Johannesburg and a full-time model at Boss Models Johannesburg.
12. Karishma Ramdev (25) was born and raised in Chatsworth, KZN, but moved to Pretoria at the age of 18 where she studied and graduated with a MBChB at the University of Pretoria. She is now a qualified medical doctor working in Johannesburg. Karishma was a Miss SA top 12 finalist in 2018.
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