Show
Miss South Africa Crowning 2002
Venue
Sun City, South Africa
Date
Sunday 8 December 2002
Credit: ©Adrian de Kock / Adrian.org.za
Cindy Nell, a 21-year-old student from Pretoria, was crowned Miss South Africa 2002 at the Sun City Superbowl last night. Cindy is studying tourism management and runs her own promotional company. She was something of a surprise winner, taking the crown ahead of Bridget Masinga (21), a model from KwaZulu-Natal who was the second runner-up, and Lee-Ann Liebenberg (19), a model from Roodepoort. Cindy was also voted second in the Miss Personality contest. Each of the final five contestants was asked the same
question: if they could travel back in time what event in history would they change? Both princesses replied they wouldn't have changed anything because events took place for a reason, while Nell opted to have stopped apartheid. Nell said at the post-pageant briefing she supported her predecessor Vanessa Carreira's stance in refusing to attend the Miss World pageant in Nigeria because of the death sentence imposed on a Nigerian woman who had a child out of wedlock. Nell said her primary aspiration was to help uplift rural communities.
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