Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters from Sedgefield in the Western Cape is a 21-year-old final year B.Com business management and entrepreneurship student. She is also a part-time model at Boss Models and Vision Management. She was the first girl in her high school to be chosen as head girl of both the school and its hostel.
The gorgeous Demi-Leigh was also elected as the Deputy Junior Mayor of the George City Council in Grade 11. She makes handmade cards and does scrapbooking. She says her biggest motivator is her half-sister, who was born without a cerebellum and is completely disabled.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters with the crown of Miss South Africa 2017
Did you know this ? Three Miss South Africas, namely, Rolene Strauss, Anneline Kriel and Penelope Coelen have won the Miss World titles in 2014, 1974 and 1958 respectively.
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