{"id":49510,"date":"2020-12-10T14:23:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T12:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/christmas-baby-meet-our-top-10-20201209-4\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:49:54","slug":"christmas-baby-meet-our-top-10-20201209-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/christmas-baby-meet-our-top-10-20201209-4\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRISTMAS BABY: Meet our Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The votes are in and we have chosen the Top 10 babies for our annual Christmas Baby competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judges had to narrow them down from more than 80 qualifying entries to just these 10 babies \u2013 which was no easy task. Meet our Top 10 finalists in our 2020 Christmas Baby competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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: Alexa van Veijeren<\/div>\n
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: Amelia-Mae Mac Leod<\/div>\n
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: Elisa Craven<\/div>\n
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: Jamie Meyer<\/div>\n
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: Jasmine Potgieter<\/div>\n
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: Mian\u00e9 Gerber<\/div>\n
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: Pieter Janru Nortj\u00e9<\/div>\n
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: Shelly Terblanche<\/div>\n
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: Zane Maneli<\/div>\n
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