Amy Kleinhans | |
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| Born | Amy Kleinhans |
| Other names | Amy Kleinhans-Curd |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss South Africa 1992 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss South Africa 1991 (1st runner-up) Miss South Africa 1992 (Winner) Miss World 1992 (Top 5) (Miss World Africa) |
Amy Kleinhans-Curd (born 1968) is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crownedMiss South Africa 1992,[1] the first person of colour to win in the history ofSouth Africa. She placed Top 5 toMiss World asMiss World Africa on 12 December 1992. Kleinhans also appears on the Afrikaans language South African reality showDie Real Housewives van die Wynlande.
As a 23-year-oldCape Coloured woman, she competed for the first time in 1991 and placed second. She competed the following year and defeated 11 other contestants for the title ofMiss South Africa 1992, the first a woman of colour was crowned in the history of Miss South Africa.[1]
Her first runner-up was a black woman Augustine Masilela ofSoweto, who would be a Top 10 semifinalist atMiss Universe 1995.
Kleinhans would crown her successor a year later,Palesa Jacqui Mofokeng, who would be the first black Miss South Africa ever and the second person of colour to capture the crown.[2]
In 2014, she was guest judge in the finalMiss South Africa 2014 beauty pageant, venue in theSun City Superbowl,Rustenburg,South Africa. Transmitted by television networkDStv.
As the official representative of hercountry to the 1992Miss World pageant held inSun City,South Africa on 12 December, she becameMiss World Africa and 4th runner-up to eventual winnerJulia Kourotchkina ofRussia.
During the pageant participants paraded with the flag of their country. Amy refused to walk with the flag of then apartheidSouth Africa. She chose instead to walk with a white flag, symbolising peace. After the event she received a phone call fromNelson Mandela thanking her for making that decision.[3]
The dress she wore while participating in the pageant, a white and gold Stefania Morland design with elaborate ostrich feather details, is on exhibition at theCP Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn.
Kleinhans is married toNew Zealand businessman Leighton Curd, and is a mother of four children.[citation needed]
| Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Diana Tilden-Davis | Miss World Africa 1992 | Succeeded by Palesa Mofokeng |
| Preceded by Diana Tilden-Davis | Miss South Africa 1992 | Succeeded by Palesa Mofokeng |
Miss World 1992 national titleholders | |
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