Local beauty takes Miss South Africa Petite

Local beauty Vanessa Lempe has been crowned Miss Petite Global South Africa 2025. The ceremony was held on 23 March at the Polokwane Sun Meropa Hotel. “I was the youngest in the category, as I only turned 20 a week before the ceremony on 13 March,” Lempe said. She hosted the Miss Phomolong pageant on 14 December. “I wanted the girls from my surrounding communities to have the same opportunities I am getting through pageantry.” As part of charity, she hosted a Christmas party at the Ikaneng children’s home in her community on 25 December. On 20 March, before
going to Limpopo for the Miss Teen Universe South Africa competition, Lempe donated sanitary towels at the Kheleng Secondary School. She will be representing South Africa in Malaysia at the Miss Petite Global pageant.