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On Saturday the 29 of April, Mr and Miss Bizana High School hosted a sash and fundraising ceremony at Mzamba Faith Mission Church with speakers such as Yandisa Ndzoyiya, Phiwo Congo, Dr Nathi Sibhoko, founder and Director of FEEME CROWN BEAUTY STUDIO (Ncabakazi Damoyi) and Thabo sukanazo Tsheme.
The sash ceremony was followed by a workshop at the wild coast sun which was a wrap up of the eventful week for the finalists. Speaker from different disciplines were invited from different parts of the Eastern Cape the aim was encourage the finalist to understand that the current circumstances are not permanent.
Before the sash ceremony and workshop Mr and Miss Bizana High School team had a 3 day camp with the contestants, which put the young individuals in positions they have never been in before: different aspects of their characters were put to test, like how do they deal with the following;
- The ability to share
- Do they have empathy for one another
- Can they co-exists with one of another
- How do they manage anger
- Ability to adjust with waking up at 4:00am to 10:00pm
- Test their competitive nature and monitor whether it’s healthy or not.
The founder and director of the pageant Zizile Mthembu says, the aim of the pageant is to create a society that takes care of the needs of its youth one that accounts on behalf of a neighbour’s child. Zizile Mthembu added that the youth belongs to its community and parents must play an active role in the development of its youth.
She added that young people must
Learn how to co-exist with one another and be able to adjust easily in situations they are no familiar with and Parents must be supportive to their children. Despite the goals they have for their them.
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Choosing the church as the venue is a way of bringing them closer to God so that they can be spiritually Empowered and strong for this journey because carrying a crown of this nature comes with a lot of emotional strain. From having to do charity work and see how other people are suffering out there can take a tall for someone whose spiritually not ready, so it’s important for us to make sure our finalists find balance in emotional physical mental and physologically well being for the journey” Zizile Mthembu[/perfectpullquote]
