Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is on the cover of Afrikaans lifestyle magazine, Sarie.
In the magazine, she speaks about her year-long reign and living in New York, as well as her dream wedding.
Different from the casual looks she displayed on her 2018 Cosmopolitan SA and Women’s Health SA covers, Demi-Leigh looks sophisticated.
She shows off dark make-up and a different hair color.
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Former beauty queen Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters handed over her crown to the newly crowned Miss Universe. She took to social media to welcome Catriona Gray into the family.
In her year as Miss Universe, she has done quite a lot and has been able to fulfill many of her goals.
Demi-Leigh took to Instagram to officially hand over the crown.
She wrote: “South Africa, I couldn’t be more proud to have worn our flag on my heart throughout my Miss Universe journey. Picking out my final walk dress was a breeze because I knew there is no other colors I would choose than the South African GREEN and GOLD to end this amazing chapter of my life. ?? Thank you for trusting me and choosing me to represent our Rainbow Nation. I love you South Africa.”
We are proud of all that she was able to do during her reign.
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Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is in Thailand as she prepares to hand over her crown to her successor. While there, she is exploring every place.
She started her journey in Bangkok, then met the Princess of Thailand too.
“Thank you for all your kindness Princess Sirivannavari. It’s been such an honour getting to know you. PS: I also found Benji’s first Thai friend?,” she posted.
Demi-Leigh has also been exploring the island of Krabi.
“If I had to choose where to be caught in the rain, it would be here?. #Krabi #IslandLife.”
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It’s almost a year since Demi was crowned as the Miss Universe.
Sharing footage from the winning night on Instagram, Demi-Leigh wrote:
On this day a year ago my life changed forever. What a defining and life changing moment it was being crowned Miss Universe 2017. Forever grateful to everyone who believed in me and my dreams just as much as I did. South Africa, thank you for trusting me to represent you. I’m still in awe of God’s grace and the surprises he blesses us with. Jeremiah 29:11. ❤️ This one is for my biggest motivation and inspiration in my life, my little sister. I love you
On 17 December Demi-Leigh will hand over the crown to her successor at the 67th Miss Universe pageant in Thailand.
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Demi is currently gearing up to crown her successor next month and she has begun preparations for the event.
Sharing a photo of her dog Benji, sitting on her suitcase, she wrote; “Not having the best day. This is all I needed to put the biggest smile on my face!” “These photos were all taken while packing for Miss South Africa events and here I am packing up my Miss Universe apartment getting ready to hand over the title.”
Demi-Leigh relocated to New York after she was crowned Miss Universe in Las Vegas last year.
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Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters wore an elegant, black sequin jumpsuit at the 12th Annual Golden Heart Awards in New York.
The Golden Heart Awards honour the important contribution of people, to help ensure that no person in New York suffers from hunger and life-altering illness.
Supporting @godslovenyclast night at the annual @ighawards raising funds to prepare meals for over 1 million meals a year. $10 funds one meal. To get involved or sign up as a volunteer please visit their website: www.glwd.org;She captioned an Instagram photo
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Well there is no stopping for Demi as this week she flew to Egypt to judge Miss Egypt.
She share her adventures in Instagram of her time in Egypt.
Demi-Leigh shared a selfie taken with the newly crowned beauty queen on Instagram Stories, and captioned it: “Congratulations Miss Egypt 2018. See you in Thailand!”
Earlier this week Demi-Leigh was in Lebanon to judge the Miss Lebanon pageant.
This years Miss Universe tournament will happen in Thailand.
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Demi-Leigh was in attendance during the US Open Tennis Championships.
She shared snaps of her time there, and she seems to have enjoyed herself.
“Ready for some tennis,” the 23-year-old captioned a photo.
Demi-Leigh looks chic in a striped two-piece, paired with white accessories and over-sized sunglasses.
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The Miss SA 2018 finale is just around the corner, and Miss Universe Demi-Leigh will be in attendance.
“I am beyond excited to let you guys know that I will be in South Africa this coming weekend for the 60th year anniversary of Miss South Africa. I can’t wait to be there to witness a new girl’s dream become a reality,” she says in a video on Twitter.
Adding, in Afrikaans: “I also can’t wait to spend some time at home, and to eat lots of biltong!”
This is not a drill! Reigning @missuniverse @demileighnp will be at #MissSA2018 this Sunday!
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The judging panel for Miss SA 2018 was announced on Monday. Everyone is at the edge of their seats as they wait for Sunday.
The winner will walk away with R3 million prize package.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters looked absolutely breathtaking at the DKMS Love Gala in New York.
The DKMS Gala raises crucial funds to register potential bone marrow donors for blood cancer and blood disorder patients in need of lifesaving transplants.
Last year same time, Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, was crowned Miss SA.
Her crowning saw her begin the long journey towards ultimately being crowned Miss Universe.
Demi-Leigh, who is currently based in New York, took some time to celebrate herself.
She posted a video of the time she was crowned Miss SA.
Demi-Leigh’s caption read: “Today is a very special day to me. It marks one year since I was crowned Miss SA and four months of being Miss Universe. The journey of a thousand miles start with one single step. Never underestimate how much can happen in one year.”
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Demi Leigh has landed her first magazine cover .
The current miss universe scooped the front page of Afrikaans magazine Kuier Magazine.
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Demi Leigh looked super-cool as she walked the red carpet at Love Rocks NYC.
The second annual Love Rocks NYC event took place at the Beacon Theatre to support the fantastic cause, God’s Love We Deliver.
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Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters looked stunning as she walked the stage at the Puteri Indonesia pageant.
This was during the final night of the pageant that was held at Plenary Hall Jakarta Convention Centre Senayan.
Demi-Leigh wore several gowns (kebaya) to the pageant.
“How I’ve dreamed about wearing a Kebaya in Indonesia as Miss Universe,” Demi-Leigh wrote on Instagram.
The winner of the Puteri Indonesia 2018 was Sonia Fergina. She will therefore represent Indonesia at the Miss Universe 2018 pageant.
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Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters walked her very first New York Fashion Week runway show on Friday.
The 22-year-old South African beauty walked for American fashion designer Sherrie Hill in New York City.
Demi-Leigh turned heads in a feather embellished dress, and was joined by Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach.
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When Miss Universe Demi-Leigh landed in the country, it was a special moment for South Africans.
She was evidently happy to be back home.
In an interview with The Juice, Demi-Leigh talked about her time in the US, and her attendance at the Golden Globes.
“I never thought in my wildest dreams that I’ll be able to get to the Golden Globes so soon in my career. So that was so phenomenal. Just to be in the same room as women like Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie who I look up to so much. That alone was life-changing.
Demi-Leigh is in the country for a week long tour.
“What I missed so much is just the open space. I think this is something we as South Africans take for granted,” she added.
She will continue with her Unbreakable campaign, which seeks to empower women.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters arrived back in South Africa for the first time since being crowned Miss Universe on Wednesday.
The dark-haired beauty walked through the international arrivals doors at O.R Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg to a crowd of adoring fans, aspiring beauty queens, friends and family.
South Africans were met with a radiant Demi-Leigh wearing a red jumpsuit and gorgeous side-swept locks.
The 22-year-old from Sedgefield was welcomed home by her parents, who hadn’t seen their daughter since she crowned Miss Universe in November.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters’s number one fan‚ cheerleader and a woman who has known her throughout her life‚ Anna-Marie Steenkamp‚ will be in the crowd who will welcoming the recently crowned Miss Universe back to her home soil.
Steenkamp‚ 57‚ last saw her only child in November when she became the first Miss South Africa to take this prestigious title since Margaret Gardiner in 1978. At the time‚ she‚ together with her ex-husband Bennie Peters‚ his wife‚ Elsabe‚ and stepfather Johan had only an hour to congratulate their daughter who had just taken over the R3.5-million diamond crown – with 500 diamonds of roughly 30 carats each – as Miss Universe in Las Vegas in America.
Then she was whisked off to her Miss Universe apartment in New York.
“I think I will cry when I see her. I miss her terribly‚ you know. She will always be my baby and I often wonder how she’s adjusting in a foreign country‚” said Steenkamp a few days before she took a flight to Johannesburg.
The mother and daughter communicate with each other daily on WhatsApp‚ but said her daughter often didn’t have time to elaborate on what she has been up to or to share her experience of the countries she has visited as Miss Universe.
“Arg! I know and understand that she’s busy. But I hope that now that she’s coming home‚ I will have enough time to talk about her crowning and really spend time as family. I’m praying that the organisers give us that chance.
“In Las Vegas I only took three pictures with her after the crowning. I am hoping to take a lot when she’s here‚” said the business woman from Sedgefield‚ a small town on the Garden Route in the Western Cape.
Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters is set to return to SA for a week long celebration. This comes two months after she clinched the Miss Universe crown.
Demi-Leigh will land on 24th January, and will be welcomed home with parties at OR Tambo, Cape Town International and street parade in Sedgefield, where she grew up.
“I can’t begin to express my gratitude and how proud I am to represent our country as Miss Universe. Being a global ambassador is as much a responsibility as it is an honour. Our nation is comprised of many different backgrounds and cultures, one of the many things that makes me immensely proud to be a South African. I am very excited to celebrate this achievement with my people in the spirit of Mzansi,” she said.
Demi-Leigh will also visit victims of the Knysna fires and will host workshops in Soweto and Cape Town.
She has been using her new platform to spread the message of her campaign, Unbreakable. The campaign aims to empower and train women on how to handle life threatening situations including assault, toxic relationships and sexual harassment.
During her visit, Demi-Leigh will host Unbreakable workshops in both Soweto and Cape Town with members of the community.
Since becoming the second South African to be crowned Miss Universe after 39 years, she has moved into a fancy New York apartment. She keeps to fly the country’s flag higher.
Margaret Gardiner – who was the first South African to win the Miss Universe pageant in 1978 – invited the most recent recipient of the crown, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, to The Golden Globes.
Margaret extended the invitation on Wednesday, 20 December on her Facebook page and there has been no public reply from Demi-Leigh’s team yet.
The event will take place on Sunday, 7 January at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and will be hosted by talk show host Seth Meyers.
“So I’m trying to see if Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Miss Universe is in #losangeles to be my guest at the #GoldenGlobes this year. It would be such fun to have two #women from #SouthAfrica who are not about their outsides. That we both fall into the same subset – but almost 40 years apart – Miss Universe title holders – means we view the world with the understanding that no matter the label, or in this case, the title, interactions are about connections with people, warmth from the inside. Outsides are like gift wrapping. They get the glance but then they become superfluous. The gift is what’s on the inside. The wrapping will crinkle, get torn and be forgotten. What’s inside will be cherished forever. If she’s in town and this happens the focus would be on two strong women sharing a fun evening of champagne laughter and leker tyd. Speeltyd – nie spieltyd nie. Stay tuned…. (sic)”
