The win has allowed her to compete in New York, competing against international pageant girls in September in the Big Apple.

The Nkowankowa-born and raised girl has also received an exclusive invitation to showcase her modelling skills at the New York Fashion Week, where she will be sharing a stage with some of the biggest names in the fashion industry across the world.

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According to her mother Thuli Qhibi, Ntsetselelo started entering pageants at the age of five when she joined her sister Tsakani’s modelling class. Together with her sister, they have established a charity donating clothes, groceries, sanitary pads and school uniforms to impoverished people.

Ntsetselelo’s charitable acts have been inspired by the life of Princess Diana after watching a documentary on her life a few years ago. She is currently a Gr 3 learner at Meridian Combined College. Qhibi has asked business and community members to assist them in paying for their trip. Call her at 082 398 4415 for more information.