Zozibini Tunzi

**U-Zozibini "Zozi" Bolowana** ( **Tunzi**; wabelethwa mhlana amalanga ali-18 kuKhukhulamungu 1993) uyimodeli yeSewula Afrika, umlingisi, nomthumbi wephaliswano labonobuhle owabekwa umqhele we -Miss Universe 2019 .  U-Tunzi ngokwaphambili wathweswa umqhele we-Miss South Africa 2019 . Umfazi wesithathu ovela eSewula Afrika begodu wokuthoma onzima weSewula Afrika ukuthumba unongorwana lo. 

## Ipilo yokuthoma
U-Tunzi wabelethwa e-Tsolo, e-Eastern Cape ebabelethini u-Philiswa Nodapu no-Lungisa Tunzi, begodu wakhulela edorobheni eliseduze le-Sidwadweni.   Unina nguhlokokulu wesikolo begodu uyise bekasebenzela umNyango wezeFundo ePhakemeko. U-Tunzi ngomunye wabodadwabo abane.  Abodadwabo babizwa ngokuthi ngu-Yanga, Sibabalwe, no-Ayakha.  Ibizo lakhe u-Zozibini litjho ukuthi ukwamukelwa ngezandla zombili begodu livela kusiXhosa.

Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi wathuthela e -Cape Town, wahlala edorobheni le- Gardens, ukwenzela bona aye e -Cape Peninsula University of Technology . Wathola iziqu zefundo ze- National Diploma yokuPhatha uBudlelwano boMphakathi ngo-2018.   Ngo-2017, uTunzi wasebenza njengemodeli begodu wahlala e -East London, e-Eastern Cape . 

Ngaphambi kobana athumbe i-Miss South Africa, u-Tunzi bekaqeda i -Bachelor of Technology ekulawuleni ubudlelwano bomphakathi e-Cape Peninsula University of Technology, begodu bekasebenza njenge-graduate intern emNyangweni woBudlelwano boMphakathi we -Ogilvy Cape Town .  

## Ibizelo
U-Tunzi wavela  njengomlingisikokuthoma kufilimu *i-The Woman King*, eqophiswe ngu -Gina Prince-Bythewood, begodu yakhutjhwa mhlazi-16 kuKhukhulamungu 2022.  Ngo-2024, wasebenzisana nomthengisi weSewula Afrika i-Foschini malungana nebuthelelo labo le-SS24 Spring/Summer. Ibuthelelo lakhe elibizwa ngokuthi 'A Season of Living' litjengisa izinto zefetjhini ezifana namarogo, amarhalasi wamehlo welanga nazo zoke izinto zehlobo. 

## Zabonobuhle

### Miss South Africa 2019

U-Tunzi wathoma umsebenzi wakhe wokuba kumaphaliswano wabonobuhle ngo-2017, lokha nakamukelwa njengomunye wabonobuhle abaphambili abama-26 be -Miss South Africa 2017 .  Wabuyela ephaliswaneni labonobuhle ukuyokuphalisana ku- Miss South Africa 2019 . Mhlana amalanga ama-26 kuMgwengweni wee-2019, u-Tunzi waqinisekiswa njengomunye wabonobuhle abama-35 abaphumeleleko ephaliswaneni, hlangana neembawo zokuthoma.  Ngemva kokuhlolwa okungezelelweko, uTunzi wamenyezelwa njengomunye wabantu abalitjhumi nasithandathu abafika emaphethelweni mhlana amalanga ali-11 kuVelabahlinze.  

Ngemva kokukhethwa njengomunye wabafikelele emaphethelweni, u-Tunzi waragela phambili nokuphalisanaephaliswaneni le-Miss South Africa 2019 e -Pitori mhlana amalanga ali-9 kuRhoboyi.  Waragela phambili emazingeni wokugcina, wadlulela phambili kwabalitjhumi, bese kwaba phezulu kwabahlanu, begodu ekugcineni waya kwababili abaphambili bekwaba kulapho akhethwa njengomthumbi ngu- Tamaryn Green, ahlula u-Sasha-Lee Olivier.  

Ngemva kokuthumba kwakhe, u-Tunzi wathola imitlomelo efaka hlangana i-R 1 miliyoni, ikoloyi etja, kanye nefuledzi enefenitjhara ezeleko endaweni ye -Sandton e -Jwanasbege, ebiza i-R5 miliyoni, ukuze ayisebenzise isikhathi soke sokubusa kwakhe.  Ipumelelo le yavumela uTunzi bona ajamele iSewula Afrika ephaliswaneni le-Miss Universe 2019 . 

### Miss Universe 2019

U-Tunzi wafika e- Atlanta, e-Georgia nge- Miss Universe 2019 ngoSinyikhaba2019.  Waphalisana ezingeni lokuthoma mhlana amalanga asi-6 kuNobayeni, begodu waphalisana ezingeni lokugcina mhlana amalanga abu-8 kuNobayeni e -Tyler Perry Studios . Ngesikhathi sephaliswano, u-Tunzi wadlulela ematjhumini amabili aphezulu njengonobuhle wokuthoma we-semifinalist enarhakazini yesifunda se-Afrika/Asia-Pacific. Wabe sele waya phambili kwabalitjhumi, bese waba kwabahlanu abaphambili, begodu ekugcineni waya kwabathathu bokugcina. Ekupheleni komnyanya, u-Tunzi wabekwa umqhele we-Miss Universe 2019 ngumnikazi u -Catriona Gray we-Philippines, wahlula u- Madison Anderson we-Puerto Rico no- Sofía Aragón we-Mexico.  

Ukuthumba kwaka-Tunzi kusicoco sesithathu seSewula Afrika se-Miss Universe; mfazi wokuthoma onzima ukuthumba isicoco se-Miss Universe solo u-Leila Lopes athweswa umqhele we-Miss Universe ngo-2011, begodu ngowokuthoma ukwenza njalo ngeenhluthu ezine-afro .  Ngokuthumba kwakhe, unyaka ka-2019 wabanɡunyaka wokuthoma lapho woke amaphaliswano amakhulu amane asekelwe e-United States athunyelwa abafazi abanzima; abanye ababethe iinhloko bekungu- Nia Franklin ( u-Miss America 2019 ), u-Kaliegh Garris ( u-Miss Teen USA 2019 ), no -Cheslie Kryst ( u-Miss USA 2019 ).  Phezu kwalokho, unyaka ka-2019 uzokubanɡunyaka wokuthoma lapho abafazi abanzima bathumba khona amaphalislwano amabili ahloniphekileko wamazwe ngamazwe ngemva kokuthi u-Toni-Ann Singh we-Jamaica aphumelele u-Miss World 2019 .  

Njengo-Miss Universe, u-Tunzi bekahlala e-New York City, begodu wadlala indima eminyanyeni eminengi nokuvela ephasini loke.  Ngemva kokuthumba u-Miss Universe, u-Tunzi wathathelwa indawo njengo-Miss South Africa ngu-Sasha-Lee Olivier. 

Esikhundleni sakhe sokuba ngu-Miss Universe, u-Tunzi waya e-Sumba ne-Jakarta e-Indonesia,  emadorobheni ahlukahlukeneko ngaphakathi kwe-United States nezwe lakhe leSewula Afrika. 

Ngebanga lomtlhago we-COVID-19, u-Tunzi waba ngumnikazi wesicoco se-Miss Universe isikhathi eside khulu, aphethe isicoco amalanga ama-525 (1 unyaka, 5 iinyanga ezi-8 amalanga ), adlula ukubusa kwaka-Leila Lopes kwamalanga ama-464. Ukubusa kwaka-Tunzi kwaphela mhlana amalanɡa ali-16 kuMrhayili 2021 lokha nakabeka u-Andrea Meza we-Mexico njengomlandeli wakhe e- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &amp; amp; Casino, e-Hollywood, e-Florida, e-United States. 

## Ipilo yomuntu mathupha
U-Tunzi watjhada no-Luthando Bolowana mhlana amalanɡana ama-22 kuNtaka 2025 e -Paarl, e-Western Cape .  Umtjhado wabo wesintu wabanjwa mhlana malanɡa ama-29 kuNtaka 2025 e-Sidwadweni, e-Eastern Cape. 

## Ifilimu

## Impumelelo

### Imiklomelo yamafilimu nethelevishini kaZwelonke
 

## Iinkomba