Birch Acres’ Kaylan is in top 25
The finalists were announced at a charity ball at Emperor’s Palace on June 29.
Kempton Park’s Kaylan Hamel Bartlett has reached the 25 finalists in the Tammy Taylor Mrs South Africa 2018 competition.
As a semi-finalist, Kaylan went through four months of workshops, mentorship programmes, as well as interviews, and raised funds for Women4Women South Africa.
The pageant celebrates and honours the empowerment of South African women.
The annual event was created for married women who would ordinarily not have such a platform to compete and be ambassadors for South Africa on a global scale.
The finalists were announced at a charity ball at Emperor’s Palace on June 29.
Bartlett, a Birch Acres resident and mom to a labrador, said she entered the pageant to fulfil her passion for teaching.
“This is more than a pageant; it is the largest women empowerment initiative in the country. I am able to fulfil my passion for teaching as a mentor and coach to young girls and boys at the Shaw-Butler Dance Studio where I am a teacher in training.
Bartlett is a mineral resource geologist by profession and is currently completing her second master’s degree in engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand after having been awarded her masters in science from the University of Cape Town in 2016.
“Winning to me means that I have a platform to really and truly make a difference to the lives the foundation is involved with. I will have the opportunity to develop my community by identifying people and organisations in desperate need of the foundation’s assistance and, along with Women4Women, empower these people in a more sustainable manner,” explained Bartlett.
Bartlett is inspired by stories of victory through dark and bright times.
“No matter who the players are in the situation, if a challenge is overcome by these individuals, I am inspired by them.”
