In New York, the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit saw the grand unveiling of the statue of Nelson Mandela at the United Nations General Assembly. Amongst others, attending the event was our very own Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters who was celebrating her national holiday.
Demi-Leigh graced the event with her beautiful presence as a part of her duty as a representative of South Africa and as an international queen. The former Miss South Africa 2017 was accompanied by the current Miss South Africa 2018 Tamaryn Green and television personality Gerry Eldson. On 24th September every year, South Africa celebrates National Heritage Day. Originally it was known as Shaka Day to honour King Shaka Zulu. The name was then changed to Heritage Day, Braai Day and then Braai4Heritage Day. After a lot of changes and protest the name was finally decided as National Heritage Day and was marked as a gazette holiday.
Demi-Leigh was seen proudly waving her national flag, looking beautiful as ever. She even posted the pictures of the event on her social media saying, “Nelson Mandela Peace Summit hosted at the United Nations. Grateful for the opportunity to represent my country, South Africa.” Demi-Leigh also posted a picture on the prestigious day while wearing a locket in the shape of her nation while addressing her fans saying, “My heart in my hand! Happy Heritage Day South Africa.”
Demi-Leigh was in the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of Smile Train, a leading cleft charity. She was commissioned as Miss Universe, to raise awareness about the negative effects of neglecting surgical diseases.
After a successful run as Miss Universe, Demi-Leigh will now end her reign when she will crown her successor, Miss Universe 2018, at the conclusion of the grand finale to be held on 17th December 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.