Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala Becomes New National Director of Miss World South Africa
Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala Becomes New National Director of Miss World South Africa. Congratulations are in order for Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala who has added another franchise to her growing portfolio. She has just been announced as the new director of Miss World South Africa.
The former Miss South Africa and entrepreneur takes over from Carol Bouwer who was the license holder from 2023. The multimillionaire, media mogul and business woman, bagged the tender through her company, Carol Bouwer Productions. Now Miss World South Africa is under new management, African Beauty International (ABI).
ABI acquired the Miss Universe South Africa license in 2025, and Bokang was appointed as National Director of the pageant. That same year, she was also appointed National Director of Miss Supranational South Africa. Now, she has added the Miss World South Africa franchise to her portfolio, completing a clean sweep of the Big Three.
The three competitions span three continents and are scheduled across the remainder of 2026. Miss Supranational 2026 will be staged on July 31 at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheatre in Nowy Sacz, Poland. Miss World 2026 follows on September 5 with Vietnam confirmed as the host country for the 73rd edition of the historic pageant.
“I have walked those stages. I have stood under those lights as a competitor, felt what it means to carry the South African flag into those arenas, and I know, deeply and personally what is at stake when a young woman steps out to represent this country. That lived experience is not something you can manufacture. It is the foundation everything I am building now rests on. South Africa will not just participate in these competitions. South Africa will compete to win,” Bokang said.
