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Joey Roman (19) from Kuils River was recently announced Miss Teen Supranational South Africa 2022 at a World South Africa Pageants event held at the State Theatre in Pretoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is hoping to represent South Africa (and specifically her heritage) at an international competition in Ecuador in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relative newcomer to the world of pageantry was a finalist in Teen Universe South Africa in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was my first pageant \u2013 quite a big one, where I placed in the top six. After that I did a smaller local pageant, Miss Snow Queen, which I won.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joey says the interest started when she watched Miss SA 2017 (Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, now Tebow) win Miss Universe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I watched the show and saw what its actually about, I just felt this is what I needed to do. Pageantry is all about women empowerment and women raising their voices about what they are passionate about.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her matric year, 2020, \u201cwas quite a tough year\u2019\u2019, she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently she is doing a financial management course at Northlink College as her eventual goal is to become a chartered accountant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dI rewrote my matric exams last year to get into university but fell 1% short. So, I am doing college first and then hopefully I will get into the field I want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joey\u2019s Heart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Joey is clearly not one who just gives up. Pageantry prompted her to start her own foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joey\u2019s Heart Foundation \u2013 started in December last year \u2013 has become the biggest part of her pageantry journey, she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBasically, working in communities to motivate our youth to get up and go after their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the projects included a visit to Rockabye Baby House delivering baby sanitary products, handing out food in Kalkfontein, and visits to The Ark City of Refuge, distributing care packages with sanitary products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joey says the aim of her foundation is \u201cnot to just give people stuff. I want to go further than that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s about engaging with people, she explains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s been approached to register her foundation. She envisages hosting her own local pageant, or a day where people can be assisted with various applications or options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I want for Joey\u2019s Heart in future is to be a resource for our youth, so they can do something with their lives, starting with small projects and hopefully making the foundation a working force in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proud of her lineage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Joey, who spent her early childhood in Delft, says part of her message is, \u201c\u2018where you come from doesn\u2019t determine your future\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, heritage is of importance. \u201cIn pageantry most of the girls are very proud of their heritage. As a coloured girl \u2013 what is my heritage? What do I speak about, what do I represent?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In learning more about her own lineage, she says, she has \u201cdiscovered this huge community of people that does not really get recognised.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year for a Heritage Day photoshoot she posed in a Khoi inspired outfit with accessories made by actress Jolene Martin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI try to use pageantry to represent the Khoisan in a different light. I will also be wearing the Khoisan garment as my international costume when I represent South Africa (in Ecuador) \u2013 no one has done that before,\u201d says Joey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her parents, Jason and Tania Roman, have been her biggest supporters on this pageantry journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dThey\u2019ve held my hand. This is not something you can just do on your own \u2013 especially the big pageants,\u201d she says. There is a huge fundraising component and more to come to cover some of the costs for the international competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joey Roman (19) Miss Teen Supranational South Africa.PHOTO: supplied<\/div>\n
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The Roman family has been living in Kuils River for almost 10 years. With a giggle Joey says, \u201cwe are quite the village\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has two brothers ages 24 and 11 and a baby sister (1). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She spends a lot of time at the Desire of All Nations Christian Church locally where she is a youth leader and dancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a proud Christian girl. When it comes to youth it\u2019s not just pageantry but also trying to show what a Christian girl can do. (I\u2019m) trying to be a role model.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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