The International Women’s Day marked the occasion on 8th March 2019 and all the beautiful ladies celebrated this special day with heaps of fun and frolic across the globe. Similarly, gorgeous beauty former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters celebrated this day by becoming a part of the Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit as a spokeswoman. The show was hosted by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government.

Demi survived a violent carjacking in 2017 but emerged unscathed after she used a self-defence technique that she learnt in a course. Propelled by this experience, she initiated an unbreakable campaign which focuses to render education and empowerment to the women, both mentally and physically, in the event of an attack.

She spoke at the fourth annual Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit, hosted in association with the IDC that took place on International Women’s Day i.e. 8th March Friday at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre. She joined by the likes of international celebrity and philanthropist, Naomi Campbell, as well as leading businesswomen, Basani Maluleke, CEO of African Bank and Nozipho Sithole, CEO at Transnet Port Terminals, among many others.

The beauty with pride ad honour took this news to her official Instagram account where she uploaded a post and captioned, “What an honour to be celebrating International Women’s Day 2019 as one of the speakers at this year’s Forbes Africa Leading Women Summit.

In addition to the all-day interaction, attendees also witnessed the Forbes Woman Africa Awards’ gala dinner celebrating who have made a remarkable impact in the business, sports, science, entertainment and leadership categories. The gala dinner took place at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre.

This was a wide platform for Demi to share her life experiences and lessons she learnt in her past.