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, South Africa, on 14 August 2022.

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crowned

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as her successor. Nokeri represented

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where she placed as Top 16.

Results

Placements

;Color keys * The contestant was a Semifinalist in an International pageant.

Delegates

The official Top 10 finalists were revealed on 13 June 2022.

Top 30

The Top 30 were revealed on 16 May 2022. The following 20 delegates did not advance to the top ten.

Judges

Semifinals

The following seven judges determined the entrants who made it to the Top 30. * Liesl Laurie-Mthombeni –

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– Media personality and entrepreneur

Final

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from

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– Media personality and entrepreneur * Suzette van der Merwe – Miss South Africa 1990 * Devi Sankaree Govender – Investigative television journalist *

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– Miss South Africa 2014 and

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– Miss South Africa 2019 and

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References

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