When the last year winner belongs to your nation, the anticipations and expectations are bound to be high! Liesl Laurie is striving to succeed Rolene Strauss, making every possible effort to keep the Miss World crown at home turf for another year. She has aspirations of a career as a radio host, and is currently working full time as Miss South Africa, continuing her modeling work. Like the reigning Miss World, Liesl’s most inspirational figure is Nelson Mandela. She dreams of becoming an editor of Forbes Woman.