High tea raises funds to help girls

Women were celebrated at a lavish high tea held at Ronnies Motors Mitsubishi, hosted by founder of the Miss Eastern Cape Beauty with a Purpose pageant, Zikhona Ngxata.
Ngxata said the high tea aimed to raise funds to empower young girls and women who have been victimised by gender-based violence through the ticket sales made from the inaugural event, which saw Amathole Water CEO Vuyo Zitumane deliver her keynote address alongside East London make up artist Afika Mbandazayo and national fashionista Nerina le Roux.
Speaking to a crowd of about 200 women who filled the Mitsubishi show room, Ngxata said the pageant aimed to make a difference in the community and in society, through empowering young girls who have endured any form of violation.
“Through the high tea collaboration, we want to address the social ills of society and to create a platform where women can share their troubles and not feel ashamed or intimidated about the things that have happened to them.”Ngxata said the funds would be directed to the more than 100 children from around the community.
Le Roux and Mbandazayo gave key tips from their respective fields of how to be a beautiful woman inside and out, and how one’s self-image helped make one feel confident and have a positive outlook on life.
“Never let any situation or circumstance confine you.
“Rather learn from that experience and always walk away the person you want to be,” said Le Roux.
Mbandazayo, who recently scooped top prize at the Business Women’s Association awards, demonstrated how to apply makeup effectively.
Ronnies Motors marketing manager Denise Norris said they were the proud sponsor for Miss Eastern Cape Beauty with a Purpose because they believed in the collaborative efforts to make a difference in the community.
Miss Eastern Cape Beauty with a Purpose 2018 winner Nomthandazo Shange, a fourth-year medical student at Walter Sisulu University, said the programme had helped her gain confidence.
“When I joined the programme I was just a girl who could speak to about 100 people. Now I walk through boardrooms talking to men in suits and make my stand. It has been empowering,” she said...

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