INkosikazi yaseNingizimu Afrika

I**Miss South Africa** ngumncintiswano wobuhle kazwelonke eNingizimu Afrika, ukhetha abameleli baseNingizimu Afrika ukuba bancintisane komunye wemincintiswano yobuhle emikhulu emine yamazwe ngamazwe ye-Miss Universe. Inhlangano yeMiss South Africa isebenzisa indlela yesimanje yokukhetha abameli eyamiswa ngo 2018. Umeli we Miss South Africa 2024 wamanje unguMia le Roux.

## Umlando
Isungulwe ngo 1956, umncintiswano wokuqala ongokomthetho we **Miss South Africa** wahlelwa ukuthumela ummeleli phesheya eLondon womncintiswano we Miss World. Ngalowo nyaka uNorma Vorster wathola umqhele we Miss South Africa. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, unobhala oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala waseDurban, uPenny Coelen, wathola umqhele futhi kamuva waqhubeka nokwenza umlando futhi wawina i-Miss World.

Kwaze kwaba ngo 1977 lapho bonke abantu bazo zonke izinhlanga bavunyelwa khona ukuncintisana emncintiswaneni we-Miss SA. Ngaphambi kwalokho, abantu abanstundu babemncintiswano we-Miss Africa South, owaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi yi-Miss Black South Africa ngo 1977.

Lokhu kwakuyisiqalo nje senhlangano ye Miss South Africa; kwabesifazane abangu 60 abaye bagqoka umqhele, kuphela abanqobi abangu 27 bokugcina abakhethiwe kubo bonke abantu baseNingizimu Afrika hayi nje abantu abamhlophe. Kusukela lapho, amakhulu abesifazane abasebasha aye angena emncintiswaneni bezwela isihloko.

I**-Miss South Africa** (noma i-Miss World kwezinye izimo) ibilokhu incintisana ne-Miss Universe, kodwa uMiss South Africa yokuqala eyahlanganyela ne-Miss Universe kwakungu-UKerishnie Naicker ngo-1998.

Ngaphambi kuka 1998, abameleli beNingizimu Afrika ku-Miss Universe bafaneleka ngeminye imincintiswano kazwelonke.

Izintombi ezintathu zaseNingizimu Afrika, uRolene Strauss, uAnneline Kriel noPenelope  Coelen, ziye zanqoba iziqu ze-Miss World ngo 2014, 1974 no 1958 ngokulandelana. Abesifazane abathathu baseNingizimu Afrika baye bathola isiqu se-Miss Universe - UMargaret Gardiner ngo 1978, uDemi-Leigh Nel-Peters ngo 2017 noZozibini Tunzi ngo 2019.

Ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwe-Miss South Africa esemthethweni, i-Pictorial yaseNingizimu Afrika ("The Union's National Weekly") yayiqhuba imincintiswano yobuhle yaminyaka yonke kusukela ngo 1923. Lokhu kwaphenduka kamuva kwaba yi Miss South Africa. Umnqobi wokuqala walomklomelo kwakungu Doris Ferramosca (ozalwa ngu Doris Gwendoline Helliwell).

Ngo 2020, iMiss South Africa yathola ilayisensi yeMiss Supranational. Ngo2022, uMiss South Africa 2021, uLalela Mswane  waba ngowesifazane wokuqala waseNingizimu Afrika owathola isiqu seMiss Supranational.

## Imiqhele yamazwe ngamazwe ngonyaka

* UPenelope Coelen, INkosikazi Yomhlaba Ka-1958
* U-Anneline Kriel, INkosikazi Yomhlaba Ka-1974
* UMargaret Gardiner, i-Miss Universe 1978INkosikazi Yendawo Yonke ka-1978
* URolene Strauss, i-Miss World 2014INkosikazi Yomhlaba Ka-2014
* U-Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, i-Miss Universe 2017INkosikazi Yendawo Yonke 2017
* UZozibini Tunzi, i-Miss Universe 2019INkosikazi Yendawo Yonke 2019
* ULalela Mswane, i-Miss Supranational 2022INkosikazi Enkulu 2022

## Abaphethe iziqu

; Uhlu lwabathintekayo ngaphansi kweMiss South Africa Organization

Abesifazane abalandelayo bamele iNingizimu Afrika emibili yeBig Four emincintiswaneni yobuhle yabesifazane. Lezi yiMiss World neMiss Universe; iMiss International neMiss Earth zenziwa ngemincintiswano yobuhle yezwe ehlukene eNingizimu Afrika.

#### INkosikazi Yendawo Yonke yaseNingizimu Afrika

:: *Ngezinye izikhathi, umnqobi we-*'Miss South Africa** umelela izwe lakhe emncintiswaneni we-[[Miss Universe]]. Ngaphambi kuka 1982, umnqobi womncintiswano we-Miss RSA wamelela i[[IRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika|Ningizimu Afrika]] ku-Miss Universe. Ngaphambi kuka 1998, umnqobi womuntu ngamunye we-Miss Universe South Africa uncintisana ne-Miss Universal. Kusukela ngo-1981-1983 nango 1979, izihambeli ezivela Amantsundu amabili ase[[IRiphabhuliki yaseNingizimu Afrika|Ningizimu Afrika]] zahlanganyela emncintiswaneni we-Miss Universe.''

:: ''I[[Miss South Africa|**Miss South Africa*']] Organisation yabamba i-[[Miss Supranational]] franchise ngo-2020 futhi yathumela umnikazi wokuqala, u[[Thato Mosehle]].* *Kusukela ngo-2021 kuqhubeke, umnqobi we-Miss South Africa uzoba nokuncintisana ku-Miss Universe, i-Miss World ne-Miss Supranational lapho isimiso sakhe sivumela noma siwine noma yisiphi isiqu samazwe omhlaba.*