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Paging Dr Tamaryn Green: Miss South Africa 2018 is a medical doctor with innovative ideas for better conditions on both the patient’s and the doctor’s side of the bed. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
BREAKTHESTIGMA

Q&A Sessions: Heels to takkies, dresses to scrubs with Dr Tamaryn Green

Miss South Africa 2018 and Miss Universe runner-up Dr Tamaryn Green wants better working conditions for patients and doctors. As a TB and Covid-19 survivor herself, she talks to…

  • Denvor de Wee
6 min read
Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane. (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
APARTHEID

Miss South Africa mum after losing government’s support over Miss Universe event held in Israel

Lalela Mswane and the Miss SA organisers have not responded to the announcement by the sports, arts and culture department that the government has withdrawn its support for the…

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
2 min read
Miss South Africa 2021, Lalela Mswane at the Miss SA 2021 Congratulatory Brunch at Union Buildings on October 27, 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa. Newly crowned Miss South Africa 2021, Lalela Mswane was welcomed officially as ambassador of Brand South Africa. (Photo by Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
AISHWARIYA RAI

South Africans are rightly up in arms about Miss SA attending the Miss Universe contest in Israel

Beauty pageants are political. Calling these women role models, talking about their natural hair, their ambition, their voice is all political. Representing a country on a global…

  • Viraj Suparsad
5 min read
MISS UNIVERSE

No place for runners-up in land of oil and beauty

They entered the room in single file, hips swaying, lips pouting, eyes shining, to be unveiled and paraded. Six gorgeous women.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read