Gugulethu Mayisela

Gugulethu Mayisela (born 19 April 2004) is a South African beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned the first black woman to win the Miss Teen World 2022 in Ecuador.^[1][2][3] She is also crowned Miss Grand South Africa 2023 and represented South Africa at Miss Grand International 2023 in Vietnam and was unplaced.^[4]

Gugulethu Mayisela
Gugulethu Mayisela in 2023
Born	Gugulethu Mayisela (2004-04-19) April 19, 2004 (age 21) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Teen World 2022 Miss Grand South Africa 2023
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss Teen World 2022 (Winner) Miss Grand South Africa 2023 (Winner) Miss Grand International 2023 (Unplaced)

Pageantry

Miss Teen World 2022

Gugulethu became Miss Teen World 2022, which took place in Ecuador, on October 19, 2022. She beat other teenagers from around the world to win the title.^[5]

Miss Grand South Africa 2023

On July 22, 2023, Mayisela represented Gauteng at the Miss Grand South Africa 2023 pageant held at the Atterbury Theatre in South Africa's capital, Pretoria.^[6] At the end of the event, she was crowned as Miss Grand South Africa 2023 and succeeding by Lu Juan Mzyk of Pretoria.^[6][7]