Miss Eldorado Park 2023 lets us into her world

Recently crowned Miss Eldorado Park 2023, Milandrae Macoba (23) who is also a detective at Eldorado Park Police Station shares some of her personal truths about why young people in her community stop dreaming and resort to crime and drug abuse. She also speaks about her journey as the newly crowned queen.

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Pageant queens always know that they are worthy of the title no matter how nervous they get on the day of crowning.

However, it was different with Macoba who did not think she was beautiful or smart enough to be the queen of Eldorado Park.

“I was doubtful because I always had low self-esteem. I was bullied at school because of my height and weight. From there, I never regarded myself as beautiful and smart enough to be Miss anything. It always seems impossible until it’s done and that’s exactly what happened on the day I was crowned,” she explained.

Society is one of the greatest maker and destroyer of an individual’s life. A place that is supposed to be a home turns into a scary place every day and it is only a few that live to tell the story.

She was raised by her late grandmother when her mother abandoned her after she lost her father. The passing of her grandmother in 2021 made her realise her independence and that she needed to choose herself.

“Losing my grandmother, the only person that chose me when my parents left me made me realise that I was on my own.

“Just like she chose me I had to start choosing myself because I no longer had anyone to come back home to,” she explains.

According to Macoba, one of the major issues that drives the youth of Eldorado Park into drugs and crime is the frustration that comes from family backgrounds, growing up without parents already means working twice as hard.

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“The issue with us is the struggles that we are facing of our upbringing that relates to drug abuse, crime and teenage pregnancy.

“It is not that we wake up and make those decisions but it’s these experiences that drive us to resort to these things,” Macoba explains.

Miss Eldorado Park concluded with an advice that helped her to be the young woman she is today.

“To all the youth that grew up without parents, you can still turn your dreams into a reality. It is not something that can hold you back but it is actually a push to make yourself proud.”

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