{"id":46042,"date":"2023-01-26T10:42:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T08:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/mevrou-oos-kaap-uit-despatch-20230125-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:06:34","slug":"mevrou-oos-kaap-uit-despatch-20230125-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/mevrou-oos-kaap-uit-despatch-20230125-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mevrou Oos-Kaap uit Despatch!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despatch se mense doen dit weer. Di\u00e9 keer is dit nie \u2019n sportkampioen nie, maar \u2019n skoonheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haar naam is Christie-Leigh Gouws (27), sopas gekroon as Mevrou Oos-Kaap 2022-2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy s\u00ea sy dra di\u00e9 kroon met trots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit was my droom om di\u00e9 titel te wen en di\u00e9 gewigtige kroon is vir my die vergestalting van al die harde werk om dit te verdien. As ek die kroon dra is ek heeltyd bewus van die gewig op my kop, maar ek dra dit met trots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christie-Leigh is \u2018n moeder van twee seuns, Gabriel (8) en Mason (5).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy volgende mikpunt is om die Mevrou Suid-Afrika kroon te dra, en dan Mevrou W\u00eareld,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Mevrou Oos-Kaap kompetisie, wat deur RoleModels\/Mzantzi Pageants aangebied word, gaan nie uitsluitlik oor skoonheid nie, maar verg van deelnemers om ook by vele liefdadigheidsprojekte in hul gemeenskap betrokke te wees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy hart en passie is by kinders en diere. Dit is waar ek vanjaar \u2018n verskil wil help maak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christie-Leigh was nog in haar babadoeke, toe het haar \u201cskoonheid-loopbaan\u201d begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy modelloopbaan het in 1995 kort na my geboorte in Cuyler Hospitaal begin, toe my ma (Heidi Alberts) my ingeskryf het vir die Mooiste Baba-kompetisie, wat ek gewen het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_6cfd2ef0\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8143\/40cc4abb79c142418c7bec7bb9034166.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/a3fd9105c6244809b42e857781199955.jpg\" title=\"Christie-Leigh Gouws.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Christie-Leigh Gouws.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\">Foto: Riaan Trosee Photography<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sedertdien het Christie-Leigh talle ander titels verwerf. Tussendeur het sy haarself bekwaam om in die gasvryheidsbedryf te werk. Sy het haar modelwerk vaarwel toegeroep totdat haar manlief, Monr\u00e9, haar aangemoedig het om weer te begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHy het ges\u00ea ek moet weer modelwerk begin doen want ek kyk te veel in die spie\u00ebl. Ek doen dit want ek hou daarvan om netjies en mooi te lyk, dit is wie ek is.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As deel van haar gemeenskapsprojekte bied sy in samewerking met Die Agterplaas op Despatch, \u2018n Valentynspiekniek op di\u00e9 dag van die liefde aan. Die piekniek is op 14 Februarie vanaf 18:00 en kaartjies is R180 per paar en sluit in verversings (sout &amp; soet), vrugtesap en koffie. Paartjies is welkom om hulle eie drinkgoed te bring. 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