Ageless beauty contest: South African grannies strut the catwalkThu, 15 May 2025 11:14:14 GMT
At 17, Joyce Malindi won her first beauty contest under the suffocating limits of apartheid South Africa. Fifty-five years later, she was back on the catwalk, silver curls gleaming and brown clogs clicking, in a pageant for grandmothers only.The event in the Tokoza township outside of Johannesburg featured prayers, speeches and a performance against domestic violence, …