In 1972 Cynthia Shange from Lamontville, KwaZulu-Natal became the first black woman to represent the country on the Miss World pageant stage. Shange had competed in a number of pageants and was previously crowned Miss Africa South, a pageant held for black beauty queens during apartheid.
While many years have passed since she walked on the stage as a beauty queen, she continues to stun locals with her good looks and charm. A post about how beautifully she has aged just went viral.
Not many youngsters know that Cynthia Shange was a beauty queen and pageant winner before she became an actress.
These days Shange is famous for her role as MaNkosi Buthelezi, the mother of Thandaza on SABC 2’s Muvhango.
But before this, she was famous for her incredible modelling skills.
In fact, in the early 70s she became the first black South African woman to represent the country at the Miss World pageant.
While a lot of time has passed since then, she is still stunning SA with her beauty. An X user shared her then and now photos and blew many away.
In the comment section, X users shared hundreds of compliments with Shange. Others even commented that she looked like US singer Rihanna in her younger days
“She had a bit of Rihanna face.”
