Meet the Miss SA 2018 top 12 finalists

Miss SA 2018 top 12 finalists

Pretoria - This year's top 12 Miss South Africa finalists were announced at a glamorous event held at The Maslow in Pretoria on Thursday.

As well as announcing the finalist, the pageant also announced dramatic new changes to the Miss South Africa 2018 format.

The top 12 come from six of the country's nine provinces - five from Gauteng, two from KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape respectively and one each from the Free State, Mpumalanga, and the Western Cape.

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HERE THEY ARE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

1. Akile Khoza (23) from Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga who is studying for her Masters in neuroscience at Stellenbosch University.

2. Anzelle van Staden (25), from Centurion in Gauteng, has a BComm degree from the University of Pretoria and is currently a full-time model.

3. Bryoni Govender (21), from Kempton Park in Gauteng, is a third year LLB student at the University of Johannesburg.

4. Daniellë de Jager (20) from Benoni, Gauteng, is currently studying biokinetics at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth.

5. Karishma Ramdev (23), from Chatsworth in KZN, is a fifth-year medical student at the University of Pretoria.

6. Margo Fargo (25), originally from Heidedal in the Free State, has a BSc consumer sciences honours degree and is a co-founder of a NPO.

7. Noxolo Ndebele (24), from KwaNongoma in KZN, has a BComm Acc degree and worked as a financial controller.

8. Tamarin Bensch (25), originally from Bedfordview in Gauteng but now living in Somerset West, works in property management and interior renovations.

9. Tamaryn Green (23), from Paarl in the Western Cape, is in her final year of medicine at the University of Cape Town.

10. Thandokazi Mfundisi (23), from East London in the Eastern Cape, is a final year LLB student at Fort Hare.

11. Tharina Botes (21), from Roodepoort in Gauteng, is a first year BComm marketing and business degree student at Damelin and a part-time model.

12. Thulisa Keyi (26), originally from East London and who now lives in Gauteng, is currently doing her articles after graduating from the University of Cape Town.

Miss South Africa 2018, the Diamond Jubilee spectacular with host Bonang Matheba, will take place on Sunday, May 27, at Sun International's new flagship venue, the Sun Arena at Time Square, Pretoria.