Lehlogonolo Machaba is first transgender Miss SA contestant, says: 'Dream beyond your imagination'
Lehlogonolo Machaba is the first openly transgender contestant to compete for the Miss South Africa title.
This year also marks the first transgender woman, Lehlogonolo Machaba from North West, to openly enter the Miss South Africa pageant. Lehlogonolo believes beauty pageants are more relevant today than ever before, because of titleholders like Zozibini Tunzi, who have inspired change around the world. Lehlogonolo says her gender marker has posed obstacles in the past, but she has bounced back from life's challenges stronger and happier.
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