{"id":39908,"date":"2025-10-27T19:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39908"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:37:43","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignformer-miss-sa-mia-le-roux-bids-emotional-farewell-as-she-passes-the-crown-to-qhawekazi-mazaleni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/27\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignformer-miss-sa-mia-le-roux-bids-emotional-farewell-as-she-passes-the-crown-to-qhawekazi-mazaleni\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Miss SA Mia le Roux bids emotional farewell as she passes the crown to Qhawekazi Mazaleni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187061\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187061\" class=\"wp-image-187061 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Former-Miss-SA-Mia-le-Roux-bids-emotional-farewell-as.jpg?resize=600%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Former-Miss-SA-Mia-le-Roux-bids-emotional-farewell-as.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mia-Le-Roux-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mia Le Roux<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Miss South Africa Mia le Roux has penned a touching farewell message as she officially ends her reign.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Instagram, the beauty queen shared heartfelt words reflecting on her journey, expressing gratitude and hope as she steps into a new chapter of her life.<\/p>\n<p>In her emotional post, Mia looked back on her final walk with pride and appreciation, writing that she carries \u201cprofound hope\u201d for the future.<\/p>\n<p>She thanked those who played an important role during her time as Miss South Africa, including designer Anel Botha, whom she described as more than just a creative partner.<\/p>\n<p>Mia praised Anel for \u201cstitching her story\u201d into her final gown, calling her a storyteller who beautifully captures \u201cthe essence of the woman behind the dress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of her message was her tribute to the new Miss South Africa, Qhawekazi Mazaleni. Mia spoke fondly of her successor, describing her as a powerful, authentic, and purpose-driven leader whose advocacy and character will continue to strengthen the Miss South Africa legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart is bursting with pride and excitement for your year ahead,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>As she signs off from her role as Miss SA 2024, Mia shared that she is \u201csigning up\u201d for her next chapter, a symbolic way of embracing new beginnings.<\/p>\n<p>She also acknowledged her glam team, including makeup artist Rachel Ann Retief and hairstylist Duchess of Mane, for helping her look radiant for her final walk, with stunning visuals captured by Indirect Media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQTilLgDJfv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Mia #Roux #bids #emotional #farewell #passes #crown #Qhawekazi #Mazaleni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Mia Le Roux Former Miss South Africa Mia le Roux has penned a touching farewell message as she officially&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39910,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39908\/revisions\/39910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}