Cynthia Shange: Black beauty queen who represented South Africa at Miss World during apartheid dies
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Black beauty queen who represented South Africa at Miss World during apartheid dies aged 76 Trailblazer Cynthia Shange, regarded in South Africa as the first black woman to represent the country in the prestigious Miss World beauty competition at the height…
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Black beauty queen who represented South Africa at Miss World during apartheid dies aged 76 Trailblazer Cynthia Shange, regarded in South Africa as the first black woman to represent the country in the prestigious Miss World beauty competition at the height…
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