Seeing full-figured women with a dark complexion like hers win beauty pageants is a narrative newly crowned Miss Soweto Tsakane Sono wants to champion.
The 24-year-old, who also won Miss Personality, plans to use her reign to break societal beauty standards that somewhat favour a certain group of women.
regular hair and fashion stylist Khomotso Moloto , along with Sammy Mhaule, entrepreneur and owner of Kicks Sportswear. “So, I stand here, even on a platform like Miss Soweto where women in the past, my ancestry who are dark-skinned women were not viewed as beautiful... I stand here today representing them because I am my ancestor’s wildest dreams.”
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