Klerksdorp Record, Klerksdorp - A primary school teacher from Klerksdorp is a semi-finalist in the Mrs SA 2024 competition.
Charmoné Swanepoel describes herself as a small town girl with a dream to develop herself and instilling courage, faith and compassion into others around her. She officially set off on her Mrs South Africa journey on February 2, during the pageant’s National Public Casting, held at the Clearwater Mall in Roodepoort.
“Don’t just let your dreams be dreams. Let your dreams become reality. Be the change you want to see and live your life to its utmost fullest potential, cause you are worth it,” said Charmoné.
Mrs South Africa is a pageant and female empowerment programme designed to unleash participants’ hidden potential by teaching them valuable skills, such as leadership, financial competence, sponsorship management, communication, personal branding, and media management. “The goal is to take women out of their comfort zones and have them rethink who they are and what they want out of life. We help them face their fears, find their purpose, and discover the strength and abilities they held inside all along,” explains Joani Johnson, CEO of Mrs South Africa.
Driven by purpose, Charmoné says that she first heard of Mrs South Africa when she started to hear and see inspirational influential empowered women that had built their platform through the pageant.
“I was motivated to apply when I felt I needed to grow in myself, like those who came before, I believe I can make a substantial impact on people’s lives.”
Johnson notes that the class of 2024 is shaping up to be a formidable, influential group of women. “We were very excited by the strength and diversity of this years’ applicants, and the judges certainly had their work cut out for them in selecting the 2024 semi-finalists from such a large and inspiring group.”
Charmoné has already joined in on a jam-packed weekend of empowerment workshops and development events held during the first semi-finalist conference of the year at Emperors Palace. She will participate in many more workshops, photoshoots, media interviews, fitness challenges, sponsor events, and community projects in the days leading up to the Semi-Finals Judging Week and Showcase early in July, where the top 30 finalists will be announced.
