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Siphosethu Vukemntwini is a Miss Universities of South Africa candidate, and everything about her story is worth embracing.

Siphosethu Vukemntwini is a pageantry model currently based in Woodstock, Cape Town, who doesn’t only walk the talk but is the lady Ne-Yo was singing about on Miss Independent. She started contesting in 2018 when she was still residing in South Point as a first-year student at Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) student residence. When a residential pageant was in the works that year, several students asked her to be part of it. The request originated from the remarks of her having an ideal body for the event. She took a leap of faith as she had never before shown interest in modelling or believed she was built how people perceived her. In rounds that broke down from the top 50, she was eliminated in the top 4, which technically converts to her being the third runner-up of the pageant. Her highlights from such a magical moment are being crowned Queen for Miss Waterfall South Africa (Western Cape) 2022, 1st Runner-Up and Public Choice for Miss Glitz International South Africa 2021, and making it in the top 10 for Miss International South Africa 2021.

Siphosethu is not all glim and glam but as famously said, “she’s beauty with brains.”. She is doing her Honours in Retail at CPUT and works as a manager in Checkers. She has her belts for her Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Retail and is heading for the third one with her Honours pending degree.

She is now a Miss Universities of South Africa 2022 finalist, which is set to take place on 27 November 2022 at Blue Waters Hotel in Durban North Beach. She found herself to be a natural at this particular sport, and her talent as a poet lends her words in times of question, she said.

“The good thing I have found in pageantry is the sense of positivity that comes from people surrounding you and the impact you develop for your community. There are moments where my friends would say to me that they won’t be on speaking terms with me if I lose. That’s the beautiful part but it’s also a reminder that beyond winning lies people who care about me. It’s not entirely about winning but doing what I have grown to love. It’s amazing how modelling have evolved too because it used to be a field for tall girls and I am one of the short girls. Stereotypes are being broken and I am glad to be part of the movement. I am such an introverted-extroverted person, or however they explain people who are not entirely shy and entirely social. This platform, beyond who I am has given me the privilege to advance humanity.”

She left a letter for her future self who will be a 20-year-old woman in the 2030s and 40s:

“Be authentic. Be yourself at any given time. Be aware that people will only cheer for you loudly when you have achieved it all because they will hardly bbelieve in the dream. You will get the support when you are big enought, in the meantime, stay true to yourself and when you finally do wonders, they will believe in you.”