Dobsoville beauty queen drives agenda for women

Former Dobsonville beauty , Tsakane Mangwane is making her long awaited return into the world of pageantry after having taken a break to focus on the real world.

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This time she returns with a formidable course towards women empowerment.

Mangwane who was recently announced as a finalist for the top 16 of the Miss Bachelorette pageant aimed to fight against Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) and will walk the stage at Gold Reef City- representing Dobsonville.

The 28-year-old started her pageantry journey when she was in her teen years, when she made her debut in her first pageant, Miss Soweto, representing Dobsonville and has walked the stages for Miss Teen Joburg and Miss Sundowns, to name a few.

“I decided to make a comeback to follow my passion and walk in my own steps of trying to be a better vision of myself.

“After going through personal dilemmas, I knew a pageant was what I needed to find myself again and tell my story.

“My gender based violence story and that decision included my passion for working with women issues and young girls,” she explained.

This can be seen in a community project she previously established called Pageants Dobsonville at the age of 17, where she mentored girls for the modeling industry, something she said she started, in hopes of seeing young girls take up space.

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Mangwane says entering Miss Bachelorette would allow her to continue on her mission of accomplishing the agenda for women.

Having been a victim of GBV herself, she told Urban News that she wanted to use the platform to take a stand and heal herself in the quest of giving women a voice.

“When I saw the platform I was surprised that there is such a pageant that allows women to vocalise their voices and knowing that I have been through something like that, however felt too embarrassed about it.

“There are many women in the same predicament today,” she said. “I quickly remembered to say I am not one to be shy of my voice.

“I am going to use this platform to heal myself and find the inner voice that speaks boldly and loudly. That is the agenda for women I want to push, that we deserve to be more.”

Mangwane will host a panel discussion where she intends to foster a conversation with women across different generations. The funds raised on the day will go towards the Miss Bachelorette Foundation, which supports project and programmes against GBVF across the country.

She said it was time women owned their stories and shifted the mindset of how women looked at themselves and how they want to show up in the world.

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“I want to extend the invitation to a generation of women, not only women that are mature who are my age but teenagers as well. We can’t afford to leave anyone behind,” Mangwane said.

“We are going to make promises to ourselves as women. It will be conversations of self-love and awareness and us saying let’s stand together and our voices be united.

“Through the event make a promise that we are not going to look down on ourselves anymore, or lacking self-love or worth but we will show up boldly and own our narrative.”

She urged women who want to be a part of the conversation to email her on tsakane.mangwane@gmail.com

Instagram: @tsakane_mangwane.

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