African Beauty International

African Beauty International Organization (ABI)
Established2025 (2025)
FounderBokang Montjane
HeadquartersJohannesburg
Location
  • South Africa
Official language
English
OwnerBokang Montjane
Affiliations

African Beauty International (ABI) is a South African organization that organizes a national beauty pageant and selects South Africa's representatives for international beauty pageants.

History

African Beauty International was established by Bokang Montjane.[1][2] The company has held the licenses to select South Africa's representatives for Miss Supranational and Miss Universe since 2025.[3][4][5][6][7]

In 2026, the organization acquired the Miss World license, enabling it to send a representative to Miss World 2026.[8][9]

Miss African Beauty South Africa

Bokang Montjane founded African Beauty International (ABI), which appointed South Africa's representatives to Miss Supranational 2025 and Miss Universe 2025.[10][11] In 2026, the organization launched the inaugural Miss African Beauty South Africa pageant to select the country's representatives for Miss Supranational, Miss World, and Miss Universe.[12][13]

Titleholders

YearMiss World
South Africa		Miss Universe
South Africa		Miss Supranational
South Africa
2025 N/a Melissa Nayimuli Lebohang Raputsoe
2026 Romanda Hombir Bajabulise Thela Shannon Benting

Winners by province

The following is a list of winners of titles awarded through competitions held under the African Beauty International edition since its inception in 2026.
ProvinceTitleMiss World
South Africa		Miss Universe
South Africa		Miss Supranational
South Africa
Gauteng 1 N/a N/a 1 (2026)
Mpumalanga 2 1 (2026) 1 (2026) N/a

Editions

Miss African Beauty South Africa 2026

Miss African Beauty South Africa 2026 is the inaugural edition of the Miss African Beauty South Africa pageant, organized by African Beauty International (ABI). The pageant serves as the national selection platform for South Africa's representatives to international competitions, including Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss Supranational.[14]

A total of 29 contestants competed for the Miss African Beauty Supranational 2026 title on 6 June 2026 at Times Square in Pretoria.[15][16][17][18] The remaining national titles will be awarded at separate events featuring 20 contestants;[19][20][21][22] however, following the withdrawal of five contestants, only 16 contestants competed.[23][24][25] The remaining 16 contestants competed on 18 July 2026 at the Barnyard Theatre Menlyn in Pretoria.[26] Of these, nine competed for the Miss African Beauty Universe South Africa 2026 title, while the other seven competed for the Miss World South Africa 2026 title.[27]

Shannon Benting of Gauteng won the Miss African Beauty Supranational 2026 title, while Romanda Hombir of Mpumalanga and Whitney du Bruyn of Gauteng placed among the Top 3 finalists.[28] Romanda Hombir and Bajabulise Thela, both representing Mpumalanga, later won the Miss World South Africa 2026 and Miss African Beauty Universe 2026 titles, respectively.[29]

Results

  •   : Declared as Winner
  •   : Ended as a runner-up

International pageants

Current Franchise[47]
TitleYear
Miss Supranational 2025–present
Miss Universe 2025–present
Miss World 2026

Miss World

YearProvinceMiss World
South Africa		PlacementSpecial awardNoteRef.
2026 Mpumalanga Romanda Hombir
2 Special Awards
 [50]

Miss Universe

YearProvinceMiss Universe
South Africa		PlacementSpecial awardNoteRef.
2026 Mpumalanga Bajabulise Thela [40]
2025 Eastern Cape Melissa Nayimuli Unplaced [51]

Miss Supranational

  •   : Ended as one of the Semi-finalists
YearProvinceMiss Supranational
South Africa		PlacementSpecial awardNoteRef.
2026 Gauteng Shannon Benting Unplaced [52]
2025 Gauteng Lebohang Raputsoe Top 24 [53]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant
  2. ↑ Tshiamo Mobe did not place among the Top 20 finalists; she only competed in Miss African Beauty Supranational 2026. She was later added to the lineup of Miss African Beauty Universe 2026 contestants for the remaining national title competition following the withdrawal of several contestants.

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