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  • Catriona Gray and Tamaryn Green reunite ahead of Miss SA

    Catriona Gray and Tamaryn Green reunite ahead of Miss SA

    Catriona Gray and Tamaryn Green last saw each other in Thailand in 2018 when they vied for the Miss Universe title. Now nine months later they have reunited, causing a massive social media frenzy among their fans. Current reigning Miss South Africa Tamaryn Green, who came second to Miss Universe Catriona Gray at the 2018 edition of the pageant reunited at a press conference this morning ahead of this year’s Miss SA pageant.

    Gray is in South Africa as a Miss SA 2019 judge where she will help decide who Green hands her crown over to on Friday. After the press conference, which was also attended by Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, the beauty queens took to Instagram to express their excitement of finally seeing each other.

    Gray posted a picture of herself alongside Green and Nel-Peters with the caption “Finally”. The picture has been liked 118 000 times and counting. Gray also posted a video on her Instagram Stories where she said: “So we just finished the press conference. We are reunited! It feels so surreal to be reunited once again with Tam and of course with Demi. It’s an amazing trio to be a part of and it’s just one more day until Miss South Africa and I am excited to see who will continue the amazing legacy that these two women have left.

    Catriona Gray and Tamaryn Green

    Speaking at the conference Green said of her time as Miss South Africa: “It was better than I could ever have imagined. When I took part in Miss Universe, I felt the whole country behind me.

    “I am thrilled to be celebrating this diverse group of talented women on such an important day. This event gives us a platform to stand up and be heard. People realise we do have opinions and we are taken seriously.”

    Both Green and Nel-Peters also took to their social media accounts to express their excitement about the reunion. Miss South Africa 2019 takes place on Friday, 9 August at Time Square in Pretoria and will be aired on Mzansi Magic (Dstv channel 161) and M-Net (Dstv channel 101) at 5pm.

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    Source: IOL

  • Miss Universe Catriona Gray arrives in SA

    Miss Universe Catriona Gray arrives in SA

    Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray has arrived to judge the contestants in the Miss South Africa 2019 pageant. She joined her fellow judges – Connie Ferguson, Thando Hopa, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters and Anele Mdoda – after a 15-hour flight from New York City in Pretoria for the pageant’s closed-door preliminary interview with the Miss SA top 16.

    Gray took to Instagram to let her more than 6 million followers know she has arrived safely in South Africa, a country she had never been before.

    Catriona Gray

    She said, “Just finished closed-door preliminaries with this years @official_misssa contestants and I am super impressed! Us judges definitely have a difficult job, but no doubt these ladies are bound to do amazing things! Miss Universe and Miss South Africa 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters also took to her Instagram account and welcomed Gray to South Africa. “Welcome to South Africa dearest Cat”, she said.

    While in South Africa, Gray will also be attending the Feathers National LGBTI Campus Dialogue at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Gray, who is the fourth Filipina to win the Miss Universe pageant is known for her work with the LGBTQI+ community.

    Catriona Gray
    Although not much has been revealed about what else Gray will get up to in South Africa, if current Miss SA Tamaryn Green’s latest post on Instagram is anything to go by, they will be spending time together where Green said she will show Gray around SA.Looking forward to welcoming our Miss Universe to South Africa & showing her the beauty of our country”, said Green.

    Source: IOL