Miss SA announces changes to the pageant format - you will now have a say who wins!

Earlier in the week, the star was also announced as thefor the Miss SA pageant, taking place on 9 August, with her MCC, House of BNG, being the official celebration partner.

With the announcement of the top 16 also come some changes to the competition which include members of the public being able to vote for their favourite contestant on the Miss South AfricaTwo more awards which will be given away by the Miss South Africa organisation will be the 'Mother of the Nation' award, recognising women who dedicate themselves to giving back to their communities, as well as the 'Young Activist' award, honouring future leaders of SA.

"We will love both the contestants and the public to nominate these people, and we will share our nominees and voting systems in time," Stephanie Weil explained on the day. Something else that differs from the year before is that this time around the pageant will once again only have one winner. Whereas in 2018, the competition crowned a Miss World South Africa as well as a Miss Universe South Africa. The show will be broadcast live on M-Net as well as Mzansi Magic . ALSO READ:

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