Miss GTRN crowned

Tzaneen's beauty queens battled against each other for the title of Miss Greater Tzaneen Royal Nobility (GTRN) at the Nkowankowa Community Hall on Saturday January 6.

January 10, 2018

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Founder and Project Manager of Miss Greater Greater Tzaneen Royal Nobility (Ntombi Baloyi), Miss GTRN 2018 1st Princess(Ayanda Nyambi),Miss GTRN 2018 (Munene Dzavana) and Miss GTRN 2nd Princess (Mamoshedi Nkamone). Photos by MR DYNAMICS CONCEPTS

Seventeen year old, Munene Dzavana from Nkowankowa Township was crowned Miss GTRN 2018.

Dzavana a DZJ Mtebule Grade 11 learner is over the moon with her new title and she hopes to study Information Technology in University.

Also Read: Pageant queens take Tzaneen to the world.

“I’m very happy to finally be a pageant queen, because in my previous competitions I was always crowned First Princes, said Dzavana.

Ntombi Baloyi (25) studying for her Law Masters and beauty pageant queen herself founded the competition five years ago.

The participants of Miss GTRN 2018. Photos by MR DYNAMICS CONCEPTS

“The purpose of this prestigious project is to develop and implement a platform within the Tzaneen area aimed at improving the life of a girl child.

This project also aims to encourage everyone within the community, especially the youth to do good and support those who are less fortunate,” explained Baloyi.

A day before the pageant the girls were mentored by local supermodel Mahlatse Makwela and Nandi a well known Make-up Artist.

“The beauty queens have planned a ‘Back to School Campaign’ where they will be donating school uniforms and are also donating few items for new born babies at Letaba Hospital.

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January 10, 2018

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Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.