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The young Katlego Kgomotso Ncala who dreamt of becoming a fairy or princess has grown up to be a queen in her own right. She has made SA proud by becoming SA’s first Miss Teen World, crowned in Bodrum, Turkey, two weeks ago.
The 15-year-old learner says she entered the competition after browsing the internet out of boredom.
“It’s funny because as a child I dreamt of becoming a fairy or a princess and spent most of my childhood trying to find what I was truly good at. Three years ago I was bored browsing the internet and came across a video of Miss Teen World 2012 repeat, I fell in love with it. I thought it was super cool,” she says.
Ncala says she has been celebrated since birth. She was born 14 days into the new millennium, on January 14 2000, a big deal for her family who call her Kat.
Ncala has always been a go-getter competing in every sport you can think of.
“But they gave in and so her pageant journey began.
But she still plays soccer as a right winger, a sport she loves.
Her first pageant was Miss Junior South Africa in April 2012. But she says this was a huge disaster because she fumbled in the talent category.
“I went completely blank when I had to recite my poem. I had no formal training but I made it to the top 10.
“ I believe I’m a natural in the pageant world. I’m a very friendly person and also talkative,” she says.
She credits her school, Crawford College in Sandton for her confident public speaking skills.
“The reason I stood out from the rest is because I spoke from the heart and with eloquence, which is different from my trained beauty peers,” she says confidently.
She also won the face of Miss Junior SA two years ago which qualified her to compete in the Cinderella Scholarship Pageant in Las Vegas. Ncala says the pageant world is not as fake or perfect as people think it is.
“The first two nights in Turkey were extremely awkward.
“We all came from different countries, spoke different languages, but I couldn’t stand the awkwardness anymore.
“I was the first one to break the ice by asking the girl who sat next to me what her name was, and suddenly everyone started chatting, taking out their phones to use Google translate,” she says.
But she says the road to success doesn’t end here.
“With her excellent public speaking skills, she reckons she will excel in the law field and intends to study at the Harvard School of Law. At the same time I don’t want to leave this country.
“So, I may just go to the University of Cape Town.”
But first her goal is to get through school. – Sunday World.
Online Reporter