Twitter users want Zozibini Tunzi to be Miss SA until pandemic is over

After Miss SA applications for 2020 opened on Monday occupied by a powerful video message by former Miss SA and reigning Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi, some Twitter users were not ready to see a new face wear the crown.

Miss SA was trending earlier on Tuesday after realisation kicked in that Tunzi’s reign will come to end despite Covid-19, as the new winner will have to fill in some big shoes. Tunzi changed the face of pageantry rocking her short natural hair appealing to many black girls who felt like they were finally being represented.

However, Tunzi had to hand over her Miss SA title after she won Miss Universe, to the first runner up Sasha Lee Olivier.

This fact did deter some, who would have loved to see Tunzi have the title forever.

Miss South Africa Organisation chief executive Stephanie Weil said the online entry process would make it easy as possible for would-be contestants, as there were no forms to download and no regional auditions to which hopefuls had to travel, as reported by IOL.

She said: “In this time of Covid-19 and the lockdown, this virtual entry has proved fortuitous. Those who wish to enter this year can simply answer a number of questions and upload photographs from their social media accounts such as Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. It’s as simple as that.”

Entries for the competition close on 31 May.

(Compiled by Sandisiwe Mbhele)

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