Season 59
This year's Miss South Africa pageant will be showcased in a two-hour live broadcast on M-Net and Mzansi Magic from Carnival City.
Mzansi and Vuzu featured inserts and interviews with the Top 12 finalists in the weeks leading up to the final event.
The venue moved this year from Sun City to Carnival City as the Entertainment Centre at Sun City, the traditional home of the Miss South Africa pageant, was closed for refurbishments.
The 12 women in competition to be named Miss South Africa 2015 Liesl Laurie's successor are:
Elizabeth Molapo (Bloemfontein, Free State)
Felicia Muwayi (Nelspruit, Mpumalanga)
Luyolo Mngonyama (Umtata, Eastern Cape)
Marciel Hopkins (Paarl, Western Cape)
Mikaela Oosthuizen (Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape)
Ntandoyenkosi Kunene (Mkhondo, Mpumalanga)
Reabetswe Sechoaro (Pretoria East, Gauteng)
Ronette Chambers (Cape Town, Western Cape)
Sarah Botes (Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng)
Schané Venter (Alberton, Gauteng)
Sharon-Rose Khumalo (Pretoria, Gauteng)
Tayla Skye Robinson (Roodepoort, Gauteng)
Returning as judges for Miss South Africa 2016 are magazine editor, poet and writer Kojo Baffoe; actress and TV personality Sophie Ndaba; Bloemfontein designer Casper Bosman and magazine editor and style icon Pnina Fenster. Joining the panel is businesswoman and former Miss South Africa Basetsana Kumalo who wasn't able to attend the pageant because of a broken ankle.
Regarded as leaders and trend-setters in their respective fields, they will be judging contestants on intelligence, leadership, talent, physical fitness and a dedication to community service.