South African Pictorial held Miss South Africa in 1923, which was won by Doris Gwendoline Heliwell with W. J. van Blommestein and Marjorie Elizabeth Cowley as the respective first and second princesses. In 1943, Susie Smuts became the second woman to hold the title.
However, it was Norma Vorster who won the first official Miss South Africa competition in 1956. It was open to white females only.
- beauty pageant: Miss South Africa
- edition: 12th
PLACEMENT | 1967 | 1966 |
2nd princess | Tiny de Lange | Margo Galbraith |
1st princess | Mary McDonald | Dawn Duff-Gray |
Miss South Africa | Disa Duivestein (Natal Province) | Johanna Maud Carter (Transvaal Province) |
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
- beauty pageant: Miss World
- edition: 17th
- venue: Lyceum Ballroom, London, England, United Kingdom
- date: November 16, 1967
- candidates: 54
NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | RESULT |
Disa Duivestein | Natal Province, South Africa | 21 | Miss World 1967 Top 15 |
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