Ayanda Thabethe will represent South Africa at Miss Supranational and launches her Project Khulisa food campaign this week
It has been an exciting few days for Miss South Africa 2022 runner-up Ayanda Thabethe. The Miss SA organisation announced that the 23-year-old will be representing this country as Miss Supranational South Africa at the pageant to be held in Poland on July 14; this in the same week that she launches her advocacy campaign Project Khulisa. The latter aims to help communities struggling with food insecurity, while also opening critical discussions around nutrition and the country’s double burden of malnutrition and obesity. Thabethe is delighted to be the South African representative at Miss Supranational: “I have some big shoes to fill. Miss South Africa 2021 Lalela Mswane is the reigning Miss Supranational and she in turn took the crown from Miss Namibia Chanique Rabe. I am looking forward to this next step in my journey. However, just as important to me, is the launch of Project Khulisa which I hope will make a difference in communities who need it most.” Thabethe has always bee