Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi has won the 68th Miss Universe pageant at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America. She succeeds Catriona Gray of the Philippines who was crowned Miss Universe in 2018.
The pageant was hosted by Steve Harvey and he announced this tremendous achievement. This is Harvey’s fifth consecutive year as host. Zozibini becomes the third and first black Miss South Africa to take this prestigious title since Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters won in 2017.
At the pageant, held in Las Vegas in the US, an ecstatic Zozibini Tunzi competed against 90 contestants from around the globe. The runner-up’s are Miss Puerto Rico (first princess) and Miss Mexico (second princess).
The 26-year-old from Tsolo in the Eastern Cape was one of the hot favourites going into the pageant and outdid the top 16, comprising four entrants from Asia Pacific and Africa, four from Europe, four from the Americas, and four wild cards voted for by the judges. Shine Zozibini, shine.
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