Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane breaks records as she is crowned Miss Supranational 2022

Video and Pictures: Miss South Africa Lalela Mswane breaks records as she  is crowned Miss Supranational 2022

Lalela’s journey has not been easy since she was crowned Miss South Africa last year in October. This queen has had the hardest reign in a long time as she faced backlash from her own country. This is why the news of her victory at the Miss Supranational 2022 pageant is historic. Last night, Lalela Mswane made history as she was crowned the 13th Miss Supranational in Poland.

Lalela Mswane crowned Miss Supranational 2022

In the past weeks, our current Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, was in Poland competing for the Miss Supranational title. Last night the competition was tough as it was the final show of the pageant. Lalela Mswane, who had made it to the top ten, was announced as part of the top three. At this point, the model who took the second princess title home in the Miss Universe already had won one of the three. However, she was announced as the winner of the ultimate title, a moment that amazed her and South Africans back home.

Watch Lalela Mswane’s crowning moment as Miss Supranational 2022:

Lalela breaks records by winning the title.

Lalela Mswane not only won the title but made history in the Miss Supranational pageant. She is the first black woman to snatch the crown at that stage ever since the Miss Supranational pageant began. Mswane is also the first Miss SA to win that crown in the history of the Miss Supranational stage. Last but not least, Lalela, the first Miss South Africa, to be placed in the top three International pageants two times.

Challenges Lalela Mswane faced in her reign as Miss SA.

Lalela’s reign has been the hardest of all the Miss South Africa reigns in history. The beauty queen was chosen to represent South Africa in Israel for the Miss Universe pageant, which other countries boycotted. South Africans also pushed Lalela to boycott, but she went on to describe the country. Many people, including the government, withdrew their support from her, but she nevertheless brought back the 2nd Princess crown.

When she was announced as the South African representative at Miss Supranational, Lalela faced backlash again. People wanted the chance to be given to the 1st or 2nd runner-up. The support for the model was underwhelming when she reached the Miss Supranational stage. However, despite many people not supporting her, the Miss South Africa organisation was in full force behind her. Today South Africa celebrates as she has brought the crown back home and made everyone proud.

Miss Supranational 2022 prize money

Lalela Mswane gets to take home a cash prize of $35 000 as her cash prize money. On top of that, she will get the opportunity to travel to several countries to attend other national pageants. She also promotes Miss Supranational’s community service initiative, From the Ground Up.

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