NATIONAL NEWS - Anton Siebert (34), a teacher at Diaz Primary School in Mossel Bay, is the new Mr Global South Africa 2024.
He was crowned at the gala event in Pretoria last night. There were 16 finalists in the competition and then this number was reduced to 10 for the final week, and then five, before the top three were chosen.
Anton was the Mr South Africa second prince in 2021 and the Mr Supranational SA 2023 runner-up.
In Mr Global SA there were contestants from all over South Africa, with a number of them from Durban, Cape Town, Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
Judges
Anton told Mossel Bay Advertiser today: "I talked to the judges after the announcement and they told me I won because I was original and I had a purpose - my project, which I have been running for more than three years."
Anton founded Project Blessing, an animal welfare charity.
He continued: "The judges told me they could see I was not doing pageants to show-off or shine, but for my project - to shine more light on my project. This was something that stood out, they said."
Project Blessing
Explaining the work of Project Blessing, Anton says: "It's looking after needy animals. We go out on a weekly basis to communities. Through taking care of the animals in the community, we teach children about love, care and respect.
On 13 April next year Anton will have been teaching at Diaz Primary for 10 years.
He told the Advertiser teaching was his calling and he never considered doing something different as a career.
Children
"I love working with children, helping them grow, seeing them grow, being a role model for them to look up to and filling in the gaps where there are no mothers or fathers they can look up to."
At the end of September Anton is leaving for Thailand to vie for the international Mr Global title. He is the only man representing South Africa. Only the winner of the Mr Global competitions in different countries goes through to the international competition.
The first runner up in Mr Global SA was JP Geldenhuys and the second, Thato Rammala. Both are from Gauteng.
Anton during the swimwear shoot.
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