Palesa Molefe was crowned Miss World Botswana 2021 on 30th October 2021, at Limkokwing Hall of Fame. She succeeded Miss Botswana 2019 Oweditse Phirinyane for the title.
Palesa in an actor, writer, producer and the founder of ’Botswana United Artists’, an NGO founded to shed light on mental health and value of artists in a society. One of her proudest moments in life was when ’Botswana United Artists’ was finally registered as an NGO.
The 22-year-old stands 167 cm tall and is fluent in both Setswana and English. “There are so many different types of flowers, we all grow in numerous different ways and bloom separate from the next. I believe it would be an injustice to hide such beauty from the rest of the world and the next budding flower.And now that I am a part of the world of pageantry, I find myself humbled at the thought of a little girl who looks at me and feels a fire light up inside her,” Palesa says on what it means for her on being a role model to young girls.