Miss World South Africa, Dr Claude Mashego, radiates elegance and determination, standing tall as a symbol of beauty with a purpose. Image: Instagram via @MissWorldSouthAfrica
Claude Mashego will represent South Africa at the 2023 Miss World pageant at the Jio World Convention Centre in India on Saturday, 9 March.
Miss World South Africa, Dr Claude Mashego, radiates elegance and determination, standing tall as a symbol of beauty with a purpose. Image: Instagram via @MissWorldSouthAfrica
Claude Mashego will represent South Africa at the 2023 Miss World pageant at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, 9 March.
Mashego, who hails from Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga, was crowned the winner at the first Miss World South Africa pageant in late October last year.
The 24-year-old doctor will face competition from 111 other entrants in her quest to become only the fourth South African to ever be crowned Miss World.
Miss South Africa (or a runner-up in some instances) has always competed at Miss World, dating back to the first-ever pageant in 1956 when Norma Vorster represented Mzansi.
The three Miss South Africas to have gone on to be crowned Miss World are:
Penelope Coelen – 1958
Anneline Kriel – 1974
Rolene Strauss – 2014
The South African website wishes Claude Mashego the best of luck at the 2023 Miss World pageant.
Bring home the crown, Claude!
Country/Territory | Contestant | Age |
Angola | Florinda José | 21 |
Argentina | Mariela Fuchs | 22 |
Australia | Kristen Wright | 24 |
Bangladesh | Shammi Islam Nila | 21 |
Belgium | Kedist Deltour | 26 |
Belize | Elise-Gayonne Vernon | 21 |
Bolivia | Fernanda Rivero | 20 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Anđela Gajić | 18 |
Botswana | Lesego Chombo | 22 |
Brazil | Leticía Frota | 20 |
Bulgaria | Ivana Subeva | 16 |
Cambodia | Sreypich Teng | 19 |
Cameroon | Julia Samantha Edima | 28 |
Canada | Jaime Vandenberg | 27 |
Cayman Islands | Leanni Tibbets | 27 |
Chile | Ámbar Zenteno | 28 |
China | Ke Xu Xin | 20 |
Colombia | Camila Pinzon | 28 |
Costa Rica | Krisly Salas | 24 |
Côte d’Ivoire | Mylene Djihony | 23 |
Croatia | Lucija Begić | 23 |
Curaçao | Nashaira Balentien | 26 |
Czech Republic | Krystyna Pyszková | 23 |
Denmark | Johanne Grundt Hansen | 22 |
Dominican Republic | María Victoria Bayo | 23 |
Ecuador | Annie Zámbrano | 24 |
El Salvador | Andrea Aguilar | 20 |
England | Jessica Gagen | 27 |
Estonia | Adriana Mass | 21 |
Ethiopia | Rgat Afewerki Ybrah | 23 |
Finland | Adelaide Botty van den Bruele | 27 |
France | Clemence Botino | 27 |
Germany | Aleksandra Modić | 24 |
Ghana | Miriam Xorlasi | 23 |
Gibraltar | Faith Torres | 22 |
Greece | Samantha Misovic | 19 |
Guadeloupe | Marie Hatchi | 27 |
Guatemala | Marcela Miranda | 20 |
Guinea | Makia Bamba | 25 |
Guinea-Bissau | Mirla Ferreira Dabó | 27 |
Guyana | Andrea King | 26 |
Haiti | Valierie Alcide | 28 |
Honduras | Yelsin Almendarez | 23 |
Hungary | Boglárka Hacsi | 23 |
India | Sini Shetty | 22 |
Indonesia | Audrey Vanessa Susilo | 24 |
Iraq | Balsam Hussein | 27 |
Ireland | Ivanna McMahon | 28 |
Italy | Rebecca Arnone | 21 |
Jamaica | Shanique Singh | 26 |
Japan | Kana Yamaguchi | 25 |
Kazakhstan | Tomiris Kakimova | 25 |
Kenya | Chantou Kwamboka | 24 |
Lebanon | Yasmina Zaytoun | 21 |
Lesotho | Poelano Mothisi | 23 |
Liberia | Veralyn Vonleh | 20 |
Macau | Li Mengli | 25 |
Madagascar | Antsaly Rajoelina | 23 |
Malaysia | Wenanita Angang | 27 |
Malta | Natalia Galea | 24 |
Martinique | Axelle René | 22 |
Mauritius | Liza Gundowry | 25 |
Mexico | Alejandra Díaz | 25 |
Moldova | Diana Spotarenko | 20 |
Mongolia | Bolor Bat-Erdene | 24 |
Montenegro | Anđela Vukadinović | 22 |
Morocco | Sonia Aït Mansour | 27 |
Myanmar | Yoon Theint Theint Nway | 19 |
Namibia | Leone van Jaarsveld | 27 |
Nepal | Priyanka Rani Joshi | 25 |
Netherlands | Amber Koelewijn | 18 |
New Zealand | Navjot Kaur | 27 |
Nicaragua | Mariela Cerros | 25 |
Nigeria | Ada Eme | 24 |
Northern Ireland | Kaitlyn Clarke | 27 |
Norway | Andrea Farias | 20 |
Panama | Kathleen Pérez | 24 |
Paraguay | Dahiana Benítez | 20 |
Peru | Lucía Arellano | 23 |
Philippines | Gwendolyne Fourniol | 23 |
Poland | Krystyna Sokołowska | 25 |
Portugal | Catarina Ferreira | 25 |
Puerto Rico | Elena Rivera | 19 |
Romania | Ada-Maria Ileana | 26 |
Scotland | Chelsie Allison | 26 |
Senegal | Fatou L’eau | 21 |
Serbia | Anja Radić | 20 |
Sierra Leone | Daisy Princess Mujeh Abdulai | 22 |
Singapore | Oh Wei Qi | 24 |
Slovakia | Sophia Hrivňáková | 22 |
Slovenia | Vida Milivojša | 24 |
Somalia | Bahja Mohamoud | 22 |
South Africa | Claude Mashego | 24 |
South Korea | Lijin Kim | 23 |
South Sudan | Arek Abraham Albino | 21 |
Spain | Paula Pérez | 27 |
Sri Lanka | Kavindi Nethmini | 27 |
Sweden | Stina Nordlander | 26 |
Tanzania | Halima Kopwe | 23 |
Thailand | Tharina Botes | 27 |
Togo | Chimène Moladja | 24 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Aché Abrahams | 24 |
Tunisia | Imen Mehrzi | 28 |
Turkey | Nursena Say | 25 |
Uganda | Hannah Tumukunde | 20 |
Ukraine | Sofia Shamia | 18 |
United States | Victoria DiSorbo | 25 |
Uruguay | Tatiana Luna | 23 |
Venezuela | Ariagny Daboin | 27 |
Vietnam | Huỳnh Nguyễn Mai Phương | 24 |
Wales | Darcey Corria | 21 |
Zimbabwe | Nokutenda Marumbwa | 20 |