{"id":1252,"date":"2019-12-09T06:13:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T06:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2019-12-09T06:13:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T06:13:07","slug":"miss-south-africa-zozibini-tunzi-crowned-miss-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mzansinewslive.co.za\/wp\/miss-south-africa-zozibini-tunzi-crowned-miss-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi crowned Miss Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our very own Miss South Africa\u00a0Zozibini Tunzi\u00a0has been crowned Miss Universe 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pageant saw young women from 89 other countries and territories flaunt their style and heart at this year&#8217;s Miss Universe stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pageant was hosted at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, USA, with Steve Harvey as the host of the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Displays -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6634310512893466\" data-ad-slot=\"9612053602\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 26-year-old is the third South African to be crowned miss universe; the first being Margaret Gardiner in 1978 and the second being Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MissUniverse2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MissUniverse2019<\/a> is&#8230; SOUTH AFRICA!!!! \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gRW8vcuT3A\">pic.twitter.com\/gRW8vcuT3A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissUniverse\/status\/1203872106125156354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations Miss South Africa, the new Miss Universe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zozitunzi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@zozitunzi<\/a>! Agree with you&#8230;leadership is the most powerful thing we should be teaching young women today. 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