10 Interesting Facts About Miss South Africa 2022 Runner Up Ayanda Thabethe

10 Interesting Facts About Miss South Africa 2022 Runner Up Ayanda Thabethe. She won’t only be known as Ayanda Thabethe‘s name sake. This young woman has earned her stripes, as she became Miss South Africa 1st runner up over the weekend. Learn more about the beauty queen from the 10 facts about her below.

1. 22 year old Ayanda Thabethe hails from Pietermaritzburg in Kwa-Zulu Natal.

2. The older of two siblings, attended Longmarket Girls’ School and Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School where she excelled in athletics and cross country. She was a prefect, vice house captain and vice-captain of cross country in her Matric year.

3. Ayanda is in her final year of her BSc degree in Dietetics and Human Nutrition at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

4. Currently based in the private sector where she is completing her Food Management Studies block, earlier this year Ayanda was based at the Harry Gwala Regional Hospital where she focused on the clinical components of her qualification.

5. The aspiring dietitian plans to contribute to developing nutrition-related guidelines to combat South Africa’s double burden of malnutrition and obesity.

6. She became a household name this past Saturday after she was crowned Miss South Africa 2022 first runner-up. This major achievement saw Ayanda walk away with a cool R150 000 cash prize.

7. Ayanda is also a model of note. She began modelling after a spur-of-the-moment suggestion from a friend that she apply for a modelling opportunity. She then completed the requisite courses for professional modelling, signed with an agency, successfully freelanced, and was then signed by Boss Models.

8. On top of being a model and beauty queen, Ayanda is also an entrepreneur of note. She started her own business, The Closet which rents out formal dresses and ball gowns for pageants.

9. She describes herself as the kind of person who will readily give you respect and trust you from the beginning.

10. Ayanda maintains her fitness by running recreationally