Miss SA, the country’s most high profile pageant, has confirmed that transgender women are allowed to enter and take part in the 2021 contest. “Trans women are eligible to enter the Miss South Africa pageant,” states the Entry FAQs and Requirements page on the event’s website.
Entries for this year’s contest opened on Monday and close on 24 June. The organisers, note, however, that “in order to be eligible to compete internationally, the [transgender] contestant must be in possession of a valid South African ID document reflecting that their amended sex is female.” Other criteria are that the entrant is unmarried, be between the ages of 20 and 28 and not have children.