And so it has come to pass. The Top 3 finishers of Miss South Africa 2020 have been given their respective international pageant assignments. Strategy or not, the organizers know enough that putting these three ladies in the most appropriate competition would do well for everyone:

Natasha Joubert for Miss Universe
Shudufhadzo Musida for Miss World
Thato Thelma Mohsele for Miss Supranational

Your thoughts about their placements, dear readers?

So just shortly before the finals telecast of Miss Universe Philippines 2020, one of her opponents in the next edition of Miss Universe has also been crowned.

Below is the full show.

24-year-old Shudufhadzo Musida from Limpopo was crowned Miss South Africa 2020 at the pageant finale held for the first time in Cape Town on Saturday.

Shudufhadzo has a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Pretoria and is currently doing her BA Honours in International Relations at the University of Witwatersrand.

She will receive R1 million in cash as well as a further R2 million worth of sponsorships and prizes, including the use of a luxury Sandton apartment and a Mercedes-Benz cabriolet for a year.

First runner-up is medical doctor Thato Mosehle (25) from Klerksdorp in the North West who receives R250 000 in cash. Second runner-up Natasha Joubert (23), a B Com graduate from Pretoria, Gauteng, collects R100 000.

For the first time in the history of the Miss South Africa pageant, the trio will represent the country at the world’s three most prestigious pageants. – Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss Supranational.

It has not been announced who will be representing South Africa at which international pageant.