Rolene Strauss

Rolene Strauss
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992
Volksrust, South Africa
Alma mater University of the Free State
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair color Brown
Eye color Green
Title(s) Miss South Africa 2014
Major
competition(s)		 Miss South Africa 2011
(Top 5)
Miss South Africa 2014
(Winner)
Miss World 2014
(Winner)

Rolene Strauss (born April 22, 1992) is a South African model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss South Africa 2014 and in December the same year won Miss World 2014 in London, United Kingdom.

Personal life

Rolene Strauss is a medical student at the University of the Free State.[1] She was born in Volksrust, South Africa, to Theresa, a nurse, and Hennie Strauss, a doctor.[2]

Rolene got engaged to D'Niel Strauss (No relation) in December 2014. They were married on Saturday 6th February 2016 at Laurent Wedding venue, Lourensford wine estate, Somerset West near Cape Town.[3][4]

Pageantry

Miss South Africa 2014

Strauss placed in the top 5 of Miss South Africa 2011 when Melinda Bam became the new titleholder of Miss SA 2011.[5] She returned two years later to compete in the 2013 Pageant and was crowned as Miss South Africa 2014 representing the Free State city of Bloemfontein on March 30, 2014 at a ceremony held at the Sun City Super Bowl, South Africa.[6]

Miss World 2014

As the winner of Miss South Africa 2014, Rolene had been expected to compete at both Miss Universe 2014 and Miss World 2014. Traditionally, the winner of Miss South Africa competes at both the international pageants. However, since she had won the Miss World 2014 crown, she could not compete at Miss Universe 2014. Ziphozakhe Zokufa, the 1st Runner-up of the Miss South Africa pageant, replaced her as Miss South Africa 2014 and Ziphozakhe represented South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant in January 2015.

After being crowned as Miss World 2014, she undertook activities on behalf of her responsibilities throughout the year. During her reign she travelled to Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Jamaica, United Kingdom, United States.

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Philippines Megan Young		 Miss World
2014 		Succeeded by
Spain Mireia Lalaguna
Preceded by
Ghana Carranzar Shooter		 Miss World Africa
2014 		Succeeded by
South Africa Liesl Laurie
Preceded by
Marilyn Ramos		 Miss South Africa
2014 		Succeeded by
Liesl Laurie
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