Paazeezah Bux, a 16-year-old model from Homevale in Kimberley, is a semi-finalist in the Miss Teen Glam South Africa competition, and the only contestant from the Northern Cape.
This teen, who describes herself as a very good motivator and as someone who has mastered the art of baking a perfect cupcake, has been doing modelling since primary school. She only started with professional modelling this year.
Paazeezah says one community challenge that she wants to address is period poverty, which describes the struggle many low-income women and girls face to afford menstrual products.
She has already distributed women’s care packages in Colville, and held a sanity pad drive at the Place of Safety. She also distributed soup and bread in Greenpoint.
The favourite school subjects of this Gr. 11 learner at the Homevale High School are Computer Applications Technology (CAT) and Chemistry.
“I see myself being a future Miss South Africa – as well as your future radiologist,” she says.
As a very modest person, Paazeezah has learnt to accept life as it is.
“I have always had my two pillars who stood by me through thick and thin. They are my mom and my dearest sister; they are my everything.
“They give me all the reason to push myself to success because I want to give back to them ten times more than they gave to me, which was love, respect, warmth, care, and support.
“That’s why I don’t see myself anywhere else in life if not at the top of the mountain peak, rejoicing in my success and prosperity,” she adds.
Paazeezah describes the Miss Teen Glam South Africa competition as being about sisterhood.
“The main message portrayed is to assure our sisters that we are always there for each other.”
The finalists will be nominated on 8 October during a live social media event starting at 14:00.
Paazeezah says her main aim for now is to complete her tasks to the best of her ability, while bearing in mind crowning day on 9 December in Sandton.
The Miss Teen Glam South Africa competition is a pageant that focuses on building young teen girls to become entrepreneurs. The organisors believe pageantry provides positive growth and helps shape lives.
“Pageantry is not a one-time event, it is a journey of empowerment, growth, trial and joy, which yields lifelong connections and opportunities,” it is stated.
- Voting lines close on 30 September. Those who want to vote for Paazeezah and help her on her way to the crowning ceremony, can vote by depositing money into a bank account.
These bank account details are available along with her announcement as a semi-finalist on the Miss Teen Glam South Africa Facebook page.
