SHEILA Mphahlele is looking forward to leave her mark during this year’s Miss Curvylicious SA.
Born and bred at the dusty Makurung village, Ga-Mphahlele area outside Lebowakgomo in the Capricorn District’s Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality, the 40 year who is a size 44-46 is confident that she is not in this competition just to add numbers but to give her competitors a serious competition come the event day.
“I have been looking forward for an opportunity like this for too long, and the fact that I managed to earn myself a position among the finalist means a lot to me,” said Sheila who works as TB and HIV Data capture in Capricorn District’s department of Health.
Sheila who is a the National Diploma of Public Relation and Medical Practice graduate, and currently studying Diploma in Communication told Lepelle Review that he decision to join Miss Curvylicious was to motivate young girls of plus-sized body to be take pride of their bodies to have confidence. “Miss Curvylicious is the key to one’ self-confidence and the experience that comes the competition is a self-motivation on its own. Modelling is a passion for most of the girls, but most of those who are plus size had limited opportunities and Miss Curvylicious comes in handy for us as it provides a platform for us to accept who we are,” said Sheila.
She added that: “This competition will help in changing the mind-set of the plus size women about their low self-esteem and confidence because of being body shamed by the society.”
The plus size pageant aims is to plus size women confidence and promote natural beauty of all body types.
Miss Curvylicious was started by Maatameke Phasha from Sekhukhune District with the aim of fulfilling her childhood dream to pursue a career in modelling, having initially falled to do so because of the body size.
