Chanique Rabe Honeyborne (born 17 March 1997) is a Namibian model, fashion designer, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Miss Supranational 2021 Miss Supranational 2021 was the 12th edition of the Miss Supranational pageant. It was held on 21 August 2021, in Nowy Sącz, Poland. Anntonia Porsild of Thailand crowned Chanique Rabe of Namibia as her successor at the end of the event. This ...

. Rabe was previously crowned Miss Teen Continents 2015 and Miss Supranational Namibia 2020, making her the first representative from

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

to win the

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title, the first African country to do so. Rabe’s interests lie in the creative aspects of the fashion industry.

Early life and education

Rabe was born and raised in

Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...

. She is an ambassador for Hope Village Orphanage. Through her own charity project called The Mending Project, she teaches sewing to children. She holds a certificate in makeup artistry and photography. Rabe attended

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from 2003 to 2015. Her foray into the world of pageantry started when she held the Miss Windhoek Afrikaanse Privaatskool title at the age of fifteen. After winning Miss Teen Namibia 2014, Rabe represented Namibia at the same international teenager pageant scale, Miss Teen Continents 2015 in

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and won the title for the very first time for Namibia. She also won the Face of Queen Spark 2015 in

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Pageantry

Miss Teen Namibia 2014

Rabe started her pageantry stint when she competed and won the title of Miss Teen Namibia 2014.

Miss Teen Continents 2015

Rabe represented

and was crowned Miss Teen Continents 2015.

Miss Supranational Namibia 2020

Rabe was crowned Miss Supranational Namibia 2020 on November 14, 2020 at Droombos in

, Namibia besting 12 other candidates. At the end of the event, she succeeded outgoing Miss Supranational Namibia 2019 and Miss Supranational 2019 1st Runner-Up, Yana Haenisch.

Miss Supranational 2021

Rabe represented

at the

pageant on August 21, 2021 at the Strzelecki Park Amphitheater in

Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz (; ; ; ; ) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. With a population of 83,116 as of 2021, it is the largest city in the Beskid S ...

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. She was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder

Anntonia Porsild Anntonia Porsild (; born 2 November 1996) is a Thai beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Supranational 2019, Miss Universe Thailand 2023, and Miss Supranational Thailand, Miss Supranational Thailand 2019. Porsild was the first Thai woman to w ...

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. She is the first

titleholder from

. Chanique has started 'The Mending Project' to help young girls in the development of life skills. The project teaches Namibian youth to sew, which is an essential life skill to be learn. Namibia's last victory in a major pageant was

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, when Michelle McLean won the crown. During her reign as Miss Supranational 2021, she travelled to Poland, France, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Curacao, Czech Republic, Thailand, Ecuador, Spain, and her home country of Namibia.

Personal life

On 23 September 2023, Chanique married her long time boyfriend Kyle Honeyborne. The two had met at

Swakopmund Swakopmund ("Mouth of the Swakop River, Swakop") is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 road (Namibia), B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo Region, Erongo administrative district. It ...

seven years earlier.

References

External links

Miss Supranational Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rabe, Chanique 1997 births Living people Miss Supranational winners Namibian Afrikaner people Namibian beauty pageant winners Namibian female models People from Windhoek