Mia Le Roux has become the first ‘deaf’ Miss South Africa

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Mia Le Roux became the winner of the 2024 Miss South Africa pageantry on Saturday, August 10.

News Round The Clock (NRTC) gathered that Mia Le Roux on emerging winner of the competition became the first deaf contestant to be victorious in the history of the event.

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Le Roux is a descendant of the Dutch settlers in South Africa, Boers, who formed the minority white population.

She will receive a cash prize of $53,371 (R1 million), a Mercedes Benz car and a luxury fully furnished apartment.

She is an undergraduate. Her pet projects would be focused on persons living with disabilities.

Le Roux’s emergence followed Nigerian-affiliated model, Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina’s withdrawal from the contest after she attracted scrutiny over her nationality.

Adetshina, a model of Nigerian and Mozambican heritage, became the centre of a nationality row in July after she qualified for the round of 16 of the Miss South Africa beauty pageant.

She recently withdrew from the competition despite being a Top 11 Finalist, after the South African Department of Home Affairs alleged that her mother may have committed fraud and identity theft.