By
Sibongile Vukela
A 26-year-old from Mabopane, Pretoria will represent
Gauteng at the National Express Beauty Pageant South Africa scheduled to take
place at the coastal city of Durban in
December. In order for her to win, she requires your votes.
Esther Ngobeni is a public relations officer; she holds a
Communication Science Degree obtained from the University of South Africa and is
currently pursuing her second qualification in Marketing Management. She is a
semi-finalist at EMPRESS SOUTH AFRICA, the
world’s first large scale online beauty contest using the platform of MISS
EAGLE SOUTH AFRICA.
The beautiful Esther has
a giving heart hence she gives back to her community by donating sanitary pads,
toiletries and clothes to young women from underprivileged homes. Esther says she didn’t have the belief that one day
she would be in a competition of this magnitude and while growing up, she didn’t
believe she could become a model due to the fact that she is short. “Empress
Pageants doesn’t judge a person according to physical attributes; it focuses on beauty with brains and purpose.”
“Through this pageant, I will be able to reveal my
leadership skills, I want other young girls to look up to me. The fact that I
was raised by a single parent in Mabopane is humbling, I want to be living
proof that your present circumstances don't
determine your destination, they merely determine where you start,” says
Esther.
She urges people to vote for her so she can get the
chance to prove herself, continuously serve her community and possibly the
country as a whole and to be an additional role model who will make a difference.
When asked how she would use her title
to make a positive difference in her country and community, she said: “I will
continue to be involved in youth programmes, undertake motivational talks at public gatherings
and schools, take on additional charity initiatives to make a difference in my community and country as a
whole.”
She adds that winning this pageant will further increase
the passion she has for giving back to the community and to inspire others.
If she wins, Esther will reign as
Empress South Africa 2020. To make that possible she urges people to kindly
vote for her by sending an SMS typed ‘Esther Ngobeni’ to 35334, sms cost R3
each. You can vote as often as you like, voting lines close on the 31st
of August 2019.
Her message to young girls who would
love to see themselves in her shoes is to go for it as long as you have matric and single. They should not limit themselves due to their
physical appearance.
“I believe qualities that one must acquire to be the
winner of Empress SA include having the ability to empower other people, to
serve and to be a good role model for the younger generation. To have leadership
skills and be a people’s person and that describes me.”
She advises those who want to take their
brand, organization or company to the next level to submit their applications
to the Empress SA Facebook page.
To get to know more about Esther, you
can follow her on Instagram: @EstherNgobeni_mesa2019 and Facebook: Esther Ngobeni
Empress SA 2019
