Cynthia Shange, the first Black woman from South Africa to compete in the Miss World beauty pageant, has died. She was 76.

At the 1972 Miss World contest, Cynthia Shange was one of two contestants from South Africa - one black and one white.

Clad in sleek red gowns and wreathed in smiles, the models lined up in Bangui stadium for the capital's first Miss Central African Republic beauty pageant for three years -- all thanks to Russia. In a ...

Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina is a Nigerian-South African model and beauty queen who has captured national attention for her resilience and achievements. Rising from challenges, including leaving ...

The new dawn for Miss South Africa (Miss SA) continues. Applications for the 2026 pageant are now open and will close on 17 ...

At 17, Joyce Malindi won her first beauty contest under the suffocating limits of apartheid South Africa. Fifty-five years later, she was back on the catwalk, silver curls gleaming and brown clogs ...

Cynthia Shange died in a hospital in the KwaZulu-Natal province after the famous television actress was sick for some time.

Tanzania has secured the rights to host the 74th edition of Miss World in May 2027, in a move expected to boost tourism and ...