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Which Miss Universe South Africa wore your favorite evening gown? Do you prefer the national or international gowns that these queens competed in for Miss Universe 2017, Miss Universe 2018, Miss Universe 2019, Miss Universe 2020, or Miss Universe 2021?
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2017: I really liked Demi's national gown and look. Wasn't a fan of her MU prelims, but loved her MU finals look!
2018: I loved all 3 of Tamaryn's gowns–she's one of my favorite Miss SA ever! Her MU prelims gown reminded me more of Wendy Fitzwilliams' gown than Oxana's, though.
2019: I loved Zozi's MU gowns, both for prelims and finals–she was a knockout, particularly at finals.
2020: I loved Natasha's both looks and gowns. Still can't believe she didn't place!
2021: I loved how beautiful and classy Lalela looked in her white national prelims' gown. I liked, but didn't love the other gowns; but she looked great.
Demi was perfection
I love that South Africas gowns year on year challenge this standard sparkly and boring expected gown. From Zozi to Natasha then Lalela its nice to have memorable gowns.
I always end up rooting for the queens from South Africa! The women are always so facially beautiful and seem to just have it all!
This is your best look, Dani! Love the hair, make up and Balamain-esque Jacket! Love from Philippines!
Green and Gold are South Africa's national (sporting) colours….It's no surprise seeing S.A. reps using those colours from time to time.
you should do PUERTO RICO next ♥️🤍
Thanks Dani, We appreciate you for always putting us out there. Confirming once again that We are a Powerhouse!
In recent years? South Africa has been slaying since the 1950s!
MISS UNIVERSE SOUTH AFRICA 2018 IS STUNNING AND SHE'S REALLY SO PRETTY! NOT WHITE, NOT BLACK IT'S JUST BROWN SKIN BUT IN REHEARSAL SHE BECAME DARK 🙄😱😱 TAMARYN IS SO PRETTY!
Hey Dani, thanks for always showing such support, kindness, respect and researched knowledge of South African pageantry and our contestants. We REALLY appreciate it! It is no wonder you are by far the most popular paegent influencer amongst South Africans, myself included, and with good reason! You would be such a valuable judge if given the opportunity, which I would love to see happen.
A few fun facts about our gowns. Typically they fall in three categories (IMO);
Old Hollywood Glam (Demi at Nationals and Universe Prelims and Finals, Natasha at Prelims, Tamryn in MU finals, although that whitish silver dress could also fall in next category…
Ethereal Goddess (often in white, e.g. Tamryn at Nationals and arguably also MU finals?, Zozi at Nationals and Lalela at Nationals); and lastly
Reagal Queen (typically with African elements, e.g. Zozi at MU Prelims and Finals, and Lalela at MU Prelims and Finals (funny how you mentioned Candice Swanepoel from SA re Tamryns finnal MU dress, I could picture her in Lalela's prelim dress!), and Natasha's unseen "Zebra dress" for MU Finals)
Fun fact: South Africa's national sport's colours are GREEN and GOLD, so you see that a lot as it is a sublte nod to national pride. Even Demi's final walk was in Green and Gold, which annoyingly, people assumed was an Aquaman reference. But Demi's two green dresses, as well as Natashas green and teal dresses were all (again, just my opinion) subtle nods to the green in our national sports colours! At least in my mind! Whereas Demi and Lalela at MU finals for example, sustained this tradition by referencing the Gold in our nationl sports colours. Zozi's final dress actually refetenced both a greenish blue and gold! As was Demi's final walk dress. The irony isn't lost on me, so it HAS to be deliberate and in my opinion, a lovely sentimental touch.
No one has ever mentioned this national sports colour reference out loud! It's just my observation, and at the very least an interesting "coincidence" or subconscious decision by Werner. South Africans love their rugby and cricket, especially amongst Afrikaans speaking South Africans (like Demi and Natasha).
I think white is a popular choice as SA is a beacon of peace in the continent and the world; just think of Lalela's Dove of Peace national costume at MU.
And we love up cycling dresses: it's very progressive which is typical South African. Honestly given the thought we put into our dresses it is rather groundbreaking!
Anyway, hope this gives you some context!
Curious to see what Shudu will wear at MW; I know for a fact it's a showstopper, but I suspect she is going to go for ethereal goddess… Just a hunch. Or maybe Regal Queen -. She can pull of both, but I'm leaning towards ethereal goddess like in her final walk at Miss SA 2021 . And 90% sure she's going to take that blue crown… Especially as her BWAP is all about mental health, and after the heartbreaking tragedy of the lovely Cheslea (that still DEVASTATES me), her platform is more relevant than ever! Keep an eye out for Shudu…
Much love from Cape Town!
Anton
Fun fact Candice Swanepoel is actually South African 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Werner once showed a video of Lalela trying on the golden gown in one of the fittings and the mesh actually matched her skin color! I have no idea why they changed it.😭
Zozi's MU preliminar competition gown is one of my favorites everrrr. I like it even more than the finals' one.😭
Demi in the green prelim gown was my favorite by far! Not in love with the white prelim gown of Lalela's. But looking forward to our next local pageant to see who our next rep will be!
I love your energy, Dani! You are such a lovely person and you are a breath of fresh air every day!
South Africa always slays with evening gows and brings something different and meaningful to the stage. The gowns all have a story behind them and arent just gowns
THANK YOU DANI FOR POSTIMG SOUTH AFRICA.
Thank you for all the amazing gown videos. Would have also been nice to have seen Demi and Zozi's farewell gowns prior to handing over the crown!
Next INDIA
Lalela's finals gown came from a Filipino couturier Ezra Santos. It was from the Arabian inspired collection, featured on Vouge Arabia.
Yayyy thank you Dani…my request have been heard!! You are the absolute BEST!
I still don't understand why Natasha didn't place in the semifinals 😢 (also Nepal😭😭😭)
Natasha explained the reason for the gloves with her prelims dress- it was to honour the frontline workers during the COVID-pandemic. Furthermore, the colour of her dress is dark teal, her favourite colour. Essentially, her prelims dress resembles her and a relevant topic at the time.
Yay, Dani- thanks for showing off our country's queens. I also liked that you made reference to Candice Swanepoel, which is also South African.
I loved the 2017 Miss Universe competition and Demi's journey/her as a representative. That and the Miss Universe 2018 competition make me most emotional, of all of the competitions.
2021's final evening gown is beautiful in that it makes me think of something ancient Egyptian royalty would wear. But, yes, I think mesh that blended with her skin tone would look much better. Loved this video!
You should do Thailand 😁
Can you do winner's farewell gown (national to international)
My favorite one was Zozi's Gown for finals and my least favorite Natasha's gown on the prelims that color didn't do nothing for her.
yesss this is what we want😍😍 more of other COUNTRIES🙌🏼 not just philippines philippines philippines, I believe other countries are beautiful as well and unique in their own way… not just about powerhouse
You look fabulous!!
Your hair!!❤️
pls do a reaction video of the top 50 candidates of Miss Universe Philippines 2022
And you are my favorite YouTube personality 😍😍😍😍😍
I truly think that Natasha’s gown really cost her placement. I still think that it looked like a circus costume. It wasn’t elegant at all. It was a shame because she is soooooooo gorgeous and was one of my picks for top 5 minimum. 😍😍😍😍😍
It’s so amazing that you mentioned Candice Swanepoel in this video because she’s also South African 🤩
please do Japan or Singapore! They do a lot of couture and extravaganza gowns 😍
South Africa's Gowns at Miss Universe is very diverse amd always captures thee essence of The Miss South Africa of that year….👑👑👑👑
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Demi is gorgeous
Natasha's evening gown is one of the best I've seen on stage. Still don't really know why she did not place.
They use a consistent style to see who stands out the most in the gowns.
I love Demi-Leigh, I think she was super stunning at the Miss Universe pageant and that is why she won. On a side note, I see that the MU organization uploaded a video from Harnaaz and she is being attacked for what appears to be a little bit of weight gain. Have you heard anything about it? I don't social media so all I get to see is what is uploaded on you toobe. I think its awful. On edit: I also was totally rooting for Tamryn, she was my favorite at the 2018 MU pageant because I thought she was super stunning as well.
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Loved Demi's Final MU gown and Zozi's prelim gown.
South africa in 70th miss universe wore a filipino designer, ezra santos a dubai base designer
The new MU POWERHOUSE! Can’t wait to see Lalela at Miss Supranational later this year!
can you do a content about caribbean country?