As congratulatory messages poured in for Mdantsane-born Thulisa Keyi, the Eastern Cape government joined in the celebrations and praised Keyi for walking away with the Miss World South Africa title tonight at the Miss South Africa 2018 pageant.
She was selected earlier tonight as the beauty queen who will represent South Africa at the Miss World beauty pageant taking place later this year.
In a statement issued by the ANC on Keyi's win, the government said her win would provide her with a platform to encourage more young people to pursue education for the greater benefit of society.
"Her victory for this particular title at the beauty competition gives her the platform and influence to work on encouraging young people.
We wish her all the best as she gets ready to represent our country and her people at the Miss World beauty contest and in all activities for her reign."
The government said beauty pageantry programs needed to be prioritized as a way of accomplishing targets to education the youth and children of the country.
"We call on the comrades deployed to the education department to work with her to support her program to address challenges like school drop out and make education fashionable amongst young people. Young girls of our province, our women and youth leagues must work with Thulisa Keyi to make education fashionable and help address access to education funding."-nonsindisoq@dispatch.co.za
ANC congratulates EC beauty for winning Miss SA World
As congratulatory messages poured in for Mdantsane-born Thulisa Keyi, the Eastern Cape government joined in the celebrations and praised Keyi for walking away with the Miss World South Africa title tonight at the Miss South Africa 2018 pageant.
She was selected earlier tonight as the beauty queen who will represent South Africa at the Miss World beauty pageant taking place later this year.
In a statement issued by the ANC on Keyi's win, the government said her win would provide her with a platform to encourage more young people to pursue education for the greater benefit of society.
"Her victory for this particular title at the beauty competition gives her the platform and influence to work on encouraging young people.
We wish her all the best as she gets ready to represent our country and her people at the Miss World beauty contest and in all activities for her reign."
The government said beauty pageantry programs needed to be prioritized as a way of accomplishing targets to education the youth and children of the country.
"We call on the comrades deployed to the education department to work with her to support her program to address challenges like school drop out and make education fashionable amongst young people. Young girls of our province, our women and youth leagues must work with Thulisa Keyi to make education fashionable and help address access to education funding."-nonsindisoq@dispatch.co.za
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