Taking on Mrs Curvé finals to make a difference
When Dominique Tibbles turned 40 one December a couple of years ago, she closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said, “It's now or never!”
Life happens at a moment’s notice. Sometimes, the best things develop from a simple whim. Starting off in the highly competitive pageantry industry doesn’t always require you to have a lifelong dedication or any catwalk experience. All it takes is an unbeatable passion, no matter your age.
When Dominique Tibbles turned 40 one December a couple of years ago, she closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said, “It’s now or never!” In February of the following year, after entries had closed she received the call … A dream far bigger than what she honestly thought she’d ever be able to achieve came true and Dominique was in the running for Mrs South Africa.
“I always loved the journey and the romance of Mrs SA. I used to watch it on TV and said I wanted to try it myself,” she said. “A friend and I make our bucket lists together once a year, and back in 2017 she told me to put Mrs SA on it.” Dominique ultimately ended in the top 25 and said that she was done with pageantry for a while as she focused on her accounting business and studies.
When someone suggested that she took part in Miss/ Mr/ Mrs Krugersdorp, she just didn’t have the time to divide her attention. But, something in her mind gave her the push she needed, and she entered.
“I said I would do it if I could work for my own NPO instead of the one the pageant supported, so I didn’t have to divide my allegiances. They were fine with that.”
Dominique is currently a finalist in the Mrs Krugersdorp Curvé pageant, for which the winner will be announced on 21 November, if lockdown regulations hold steady.
What’s keeping her the busiest right now is fundraising through her Belly2Brain NPO to build a playground for the Fleurhof Primary School in Roodepoort. “The kids are sitting in between teacher’s cars because there’s no playground. But, they do have a large open space where we want to build one. Currently we’ve raised R4 000 of the R25 000 we need to buy everything, like the paint and mobile netball/ basketball and soccer nets.”
