"I had a job. I worked for three months and then the boss/manager said 'in this company we only need South Africans, we don't need foreigners. We only need people with ID and not people with passports'. I don't have an ID, I have a passport, you see. So it was like, I lost that job, I lost it because I am a foreigner". (originally from Malawi)

"Meeting a lot of South Africans, travelling and seeing all the different small places that I hadn't been to has certainly been the highlight. The support that I've been receiving the last couple of weeks has been amazing. I feel so blessed by that." (Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss South Africa 2017)

"Miss Commonwealth has given me the platform to be able to, not only inspire others, but to be the difference and to go out there and change the lives of many. That has totally been the highlight for me in my journey as Miss Commonwealth South Africa." Andricia Hinckermann, Miss Commonwealth South Africa 2017, First Princess.