Mia le Roux biography: 20 things about Miss Universe South Africa 2024

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Who is Mia le Roux?

Mia le Roux is a South African model and beauty queen raised in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa. She became the first deaf woman to win Miss South Africa while she was working as a marketing manager for a startup company and pursuing a bachelor’s degree in marketing at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Le Roux attended Oudtshoorn Junior Primary School and Oudtshoorn High School in Oudtshoorn. She earned her nutrition certificate from the Sport Science Institute of South Africa in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and her exercise specialist diploma from eta College in Cape Town. 

Born in Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa to Schalk le Roux Sr. and Liesel le Roux, Mia has an older brother named Schalk le Roux Jr., who is married to Corlette Kunz. Schalk Sr. and Liesel own Postnet, a printing and shipping company based in Oudtshoorn.

“As a deaf woman with a cochlear implant, I represent a community that often goes unheard,” Mia told Religion Unplugged in September 2024. “I am here to prove that, despite being differently abled, it has not affected me in terms of what I am capable of.”

Mia is 5’10” tall. Here are 20 more things about her:

1. In 1997, she received a cochlear implant.
2. From 1998 to 1999, she underwent speech therapy at the Carel du Toit Centre in Cape Town.
3. In November 2014, she visited the Swatberg mountains in Western Cape.
4. In December 2018, she spent the year-end vacation in Llandudno, Cape Town.
5. In July 2019, she visited Saint Francis Bay, Sarah Baartman, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
6. In February 2020, she visited Plettenberg Bay, Bitou, Western Cape.
7. On January 1, 2021, she welcomed the new year in Elgin, Overberg, South Africa.
8. In April 2021, she visited Witsand, Western Cape.
9. In 2022, she and Luke Ten Oever started dating.
10. On March 10, 2023, Shezan Waggie photographed her and Ten Oever in Signal Hill, Cape Town.
11. In December 2023, she traveled to the Seychelles.
12. On June 27, 2024, she turned 29.
13. On August 10, 2024, she competed against nine other Miss South Africa 2024 finalists at the SunBet Arena at Time Square in Pretoria. Her parents and Ten Oever attended the coronation ceremony.
14. On September 10, 2024, she attended the Sign Language and Music Enhancement Mini Festival at the Transoranje School for the Deaf in Pretoria.
15. On September 20, 2024, she attended the homecoming ceremony prepared for her by the residents and officials of Oudtshoorn.
16. On October 24, 2024, her parents and Ten Oever accompanied her at the Miss Universe farewell party prepared for her at Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng.
17. On October 28, 2024, she traveled from South Africa to Mexico City, Mexico.
18. On November 1, 2024, she and her fellow Miss Universe 2024 candidates attended the Miss Universe Catrinas Gala at Antiguo Colegio de las Vizcainas in Mexico City.
19. On November 12, 2024, she and her fellow Miss Universe 2024 candidates had closed-door interviews with the judges at the Hotel Presidente Intercontinental Polanco in Mexico City.
20. On November 14, 2024, the Miss South Africa organization announced that due to health concerns, she would not be able to represent South Africa at Miss Universe 2024 at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City on November 16, 2024.