Thando aims to change the world one person at a time
Nowadays being hitched means celebrating your feminine side to the fullest.
Gone are the days were being a married woman was all about being bare foot, pregnant and in the kitchen.
Nowadays being hitched means celebrating your feminine side to the fullest.
Thando Soko is one of the semi-finalists for Tammy Taylor Mrs South Africa 2018.
This beauty pageant gives women the opportunity to be the country’s ambassador, on a global scale.
The competition is about highlighting the positive role of married women in South African society; make a difference in their lives as well as those around them who embrace the values of marriage within all their diverse cultures.
This is Thando’s very first pageant and she is in the Top 100.
The 26-year-old believes she was made for this.
“How I found out about this specific competition is I was searching for pageants I could enter and I chose this one.”
Castings were done on March 2 by judges and that is how she became a semi-finalist.
“This is more than a beauty pageant so I have already started with the hard work. My main focus will be on women empowerment and the youth.”
As part of the competition Thando has to do charity work in the ‘Women4Women South Africa’ programme.
This project assists women in business or females that want to be entrepreneurs.
Not only is Thando a pretty face, she is also an academic.
She holds a National Diploma and a Baccalaureus Technologie degree in Human Resources.
She is currently pursuing her Masters in Human Resources.
She also has a Sage payroll and Human Resources certificate.
If she is not practising her run way walk, you will find Thando at church.
Her hobbies include singing, dancing and watching movies.
It might have taken Thando years to start entering pageants but she believes that it is better late than never.
“It is never too late to do what you were called for. If you have the passion for it, go for it. God granted me this opportunity now because it is my time. It is my time to move to the next level.”
Follow her on Facebook Thando. SOKO or email her thandosoko@gmail.com.
There are other contestants from Emalahleni who entered the same competition; they are Sthembile Motloung, Josua Shabangu and Chriselda Magwaza.
The Top 25 will be announced at the Annual Charity Ball on June 29 at Centre Court, Emperors Palace.
To vote for the ladies to move to the next stage sms SABC 3 then the contestants name and surname to 35959.
Example SABC 3 Thando Soko to 35959.
These women are married, sophisticated and beautiful.
