Rolene Strauss was born on 22 April 1992 and is a South African beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss South Africa 2014 and was later crowned Miss World 2014.
10 Facts About Rolene Strauss
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Rolene Strauss is the third South African woman to be crowned Miss World, after Penelope Anne Coelen in 1958 and Anneline Kriel in 1974.
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Rolene Strauss was a medical student at the University of the Free State.
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Rolene Strauss was born in Volksrust, South Africa, to Theresa, a nurse, and Hennie Strauss, a doctor.
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Rolene Strauss became engaged to D'Niel Rolene Strauss in December 2014.
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Rolene Strauss won her first title at age 15, when she won the Elite Model Look South Africa competition in 2007.
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Rolene Strauss later placed in the top 5 of Miss South Africa 2011, where Melinda Bam became the winner.
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Rolene Strauss returned three years later to compete, representing Bloemfontein, and was crowned Miss South Africa 2014.
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Rolene Strauss was eventually crowned as Miss World 2014 at the end of the event, becoming the third South African to Miss World since the pageant's inception in 1951.
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Rolene Strauss was invited as a judge in Miss World 2018, becoming the first and so far the only Miss World from the 2010s to become a judge in a Miss World finals.