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Miss SA unveils its Top 15 contestants

Updated | By Tamlyn Canham

KwaZulu-Natal's Karishma Ramdev and Matsepo Sithole are Miss South Africa 2020 semi-finalists. Here's a look at the rest of the 'Top 15' ladies.

Karishma Ramdev
Miss SA semi-finalist Karishma Ramdev/ Instagram

Miss South Africa officials have revealed the 15 women who will be vying for the 2020 title.

Two KZN beauties - Chatsworth's Karishma Ramdev and Pietermaritzburg's Matsepo Sithole - have made the cut.

Karishma, who currently lives in Johannesburg, is a qualified medical doctor at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital.

"I am SO grateful to have been given this opportunity and honoured to stand alongside 14 other incredible, powerful women! I hope that every step that I take makes you PROUD South Africa. Thank you for all your support and encouragement," she wrote on Instagram.

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MISS SA 2020- TOP 15 SEMI-FINALIST Karishma Ramdev (25) comes from Chatsworth in KwaZulu-Natal but lives in Johannesburg where she is a qualified medical doctor working at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital. She says she is blessed to have had her family as her support structure during this time as working on the frontline has been stressful "as we are one of the main COVID hospitals dealing with the Coronavirus." If she wins Miss SA, she says she would like to meet Queen Elizabeth II so that she could ask her advice on how to keep her crown shiny! She says: “Grateful is an understatement. I feel honoured to have been selected as one of the Top 15. Each girl has such amazing qualities and I am so happy to stand beside all of them representing strong women in South Africa; women who are ready to make a difference. The journey has been nerve-wrecking but so wonderful. South Africa has been incredible and encouraging to me and I do not take it for granted. I cannot wait for the ride of a lifetime! Photographer & edits: @willembotha Hair & make-up: @artistry_by_dyllan #misssa2020 #faceyourpower #embraceyourfuture

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Matsepo is a full-time fourth-year law student at the University of Pretoria. 

"I am so honored and proud... Thank you so much for the support. Hope to make it to the top. P.s I feel like a super model," she said after the announcement. 

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MISS SA 2020- TOP 15 SEMI-FINALIST Matsepo Sithole (21) is from Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal and is a full-time 4th year law student at the University of Pretoria. Her goal in getting her degree is transformation and justice in South Africa. She says current Miss SA Sasha-Lee Olivier has inspired her to remind her why it is so important to be comfortable in your own skin and that every shape and size that women come in are nothing but beautiful. She describes herself as an introvert but also optimistic, caring and assertive. She says: “I feel powerful because I have been given the opportunity to be a mouthpiece for the creative industry. Moreover, excited and thankful for such an amazing achievement. The journey has been both wonderful and challenging. I have had to operate under the notion of ‘against all odds’.” Photographer: Yuveer Karunchund (@yuvikphoto ) Edited: Willem Botha (@willembotha ) Hair & make-up: Kay-Leigh Heneke (@fancy.fiction ) #misssa2020 #faceyourpower #embraceyourfuture

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The pageant will be held during the first week of August, and will go ahead without a live audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The public will get to choose who they would like to see in the Top 10. Voting will open at 9am on Thursday, June 25, and end at 11pm on Thursday, July 16. 

Visit the Miss South Africa website for voting details.

Here's a look at what Twitter users had to say about the Top 15.

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Main image courtesy of Instagram/@official_misssa (Willem Botha) 

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