Wear your crowns queens! We’re embracing our beauty and talking Miss SA 2023 with top 5 finalist Melissa Nayimuli! ✰ ABOUT ✰ In this weeks episode I am joined by Miss South Africa 2023 top 5 finalist and film and television producer Melissa Nayimuli. Melissa opens up about her experiences growing up as dark skinned black girl and how that shaped her ideas about beauty. Her experiences with colourism and xenophobia. Her journey in the Miss South Africa pageant, the significance of it to her and what she hopes to achieve should she be crowned. ✰ MEET OUR CO-HOST ✰ Melissa is a film and television producer. Miss South Africa 2020 top 5 finalist and Miss South Africa 2023 top 5 finalist. Melissa started her career as an intern on The Voice Nigeria and went on to work on the SABC 2 music show Stand Up SA. She is currently producing Mzansi Magics Lenyalo Ha Se Papapdi. Melissa hopes to use the Miss South Africa platform to eradicate the prejudice and injustice people face through xenophobia and highlight the warmth and love that South Africans have to give. ✰ SOCIAL MEDIA ✰ Bokang ➜ Instagram:   / sheisbokang   ➜ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sheisbokang?l... ➜ Twitter:   / sheisbokang   The B Word ➜ Instagram:@thebword_za -   / thebword_za   ➜ Twitter: @thebword_za   / thebword_za   ➜ Tik Tok: @thebwordza https://www.tiktok.com/@thebword_za?l... Melissa ➜ Instagram: @melissanayimuli on all platforms ✰ LISTEN ON ✰ Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0XnqZ7b... gjbU_VbORXw Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... b/id1686532135 Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id5426930?... um=dlink&utm_source=a_share&country=gb ✰ BUSINESS INQUIRIES ✰ E-mail: [email protected] ✰ TEAM/CREDITS ✰ Director: Bokang Lehlokoe Producer: Bokang Lehlokoe & Tshegetso Moepi Videographer: Maxine Araujo Editor: Mbali Nzaka