BASETSANA KUMALO
Basetsana Julia “Bassie” Kumalo is a South African television personality, beauty pageant titleholder, keynote speaker, businesswoman, and philanthropist.
Her career began in 1990 when she was crowned Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa at the age of 16. When she turned 20 she entered and won Miss South Africa 1994 and in the same year went on and became the 1st runner up at Miss World. A fierce competitor, winning these pageant titles was only the beginning of Basetsana’s love story with the South African public.
She spent her reign as Miss South Africa raising funds for various organizations and charities, but also using this time to network with as many influential local and international people as she could, showing that drive and resilience that she would later portray in her entrepreneurial career.