Mzansi still loves Cynthia: First SA black woman at Miss World

Mzansi still loves Cynthia: First SA black woman at Miss World

Mzansi can't get over the beauty of Cynthia Shange, South Africa's first black woman to represent the country at Miss World in 1972.

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A social media user posted a recent photo of the beauty queen and she's still got it. Shereen Mercedes Evander Bankz posted the pictures in the 'ImStaying' Facebook group along with the caption:

"And she's still shining now."
Mzansi still loves Cynthia: First SA black woman at Miss World
Source: Facebook/ImStaying
Source: Facebook

Social media users were also impressed by how beautiful and youthful the woman appeared. Facebook user Nodumo Maxakana Mpafa said:

"Beautiful and humble."

Fay Parsons Sons said:

"What a beautiful lady!"

Margaret Perakis said:

"Thank you to our queen for paving the way for all of us."

Zonay Koeberg said:

"Young Rihanna."

Za Ellis said:

"Beautiful lady indeed. She needs to be honoured!"

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Manon Naidoo said:

"She stunning and I do remember the pageant was called Miss Africa South (for non white entries). After that it changed to Miss South Africa."

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Sibusisiwe Lwandle (Head of Entertainment) Sibusisiwe Lwandle is the Head of Entertainment at Briefly News (joined in 2019). She holds one Bachelor of Arts (BA) and one Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from the University of Cape Town and the University of KZN respectively. She has over 10 years of experience in journalism, having worked in print, online and broadcast media. She has worked at Independent Media and 1KZNTV and has contributed columns to the Washington Post. Passed set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: sibusisiwe.lwandle@briefly.co.za