Simone Myburgh has achieved one of her childhood dreams when she was crowned Mrs Gauteng last month in Centurion.
The 36-year-old mother of two has always been involved in beauty pageants and beat hundreds of other women to be crowned the winner. Her perseverance paid off as she had previously entered the competition last year and was a top 100 finalist.
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“That had just motivated me to carry on pursuing my childhood dream and after not making it to the top 25, it was not a big deal because I got to inspire so many other girls,” said Myburgh.
The road to the finale, held in Centurion, was a five-month long process which involved a lot of charity work and fund-raising.
“This year I entered Mrs Gauteng, which is a philanthropy pageant run by the Role Models Foundation, a charity organisation, that has pageants throughout the year to raise funds for their charities – the Imfundo Educare Centre, Asanté-Neo-Life Project for abused women and children, and Thamakhulu Project for the elderly.
“I was very involved in the foundation and one of the things I had to do was sell lollipops, called ‘Poverty Sucks’. I also had a stationery drive, sanitary pads drives, collected a lot of clothes and non-perishable food, which the girls at work helped me with. This was something that counted towards your score for winning the Philanthropy Award or the Miss Debutante Award,” says Myburgh.
The Geluksdal residents also says the nice thing about the pageant was meeting so many other dynamic women who are already accomplished in their field of work. She says meeting them empowers you to become the best version of yourself or what motivates you to even achieve your goals and dreams.
She hopes to inspire young girls to follow their dreams but also the importance of charity and giving back to your community.
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Myburgh also partners with local charity organisations that make reusable sanitary pads and offer workshops to underprivileged girls on basic grooming and hygiene.
The pageant queen says for now she will be focusing on her projects and maybe in two years’ time, consider entering the Mrs South Africa pageant.
As for what she hopes her legacy to be as Mrs Gauteng: “I want to be remembered as a titleholder who was involved, went the extra mile and was committed to the cause. I want to stay involved even after my reign has ended.”
