The platform Miss Universe has given me has exceeded my wildest expectations. — Zozibini Tunzi Exceeded Copy Share Image
We're really taught to be followers from a very young age - men lead and women follow. — Zozibini Tunzi Age Copy Share Image
As Miss South Africa, I cannot wait to make a contribution to important social causes. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
Women are not one-dimensional, we come in different shapes and sizes, and we are all equally beautiful. — Zozibini Tunzi Beautiful Copy Share Image
Beauty is subjective, so people's opinions don't really matter. — Zozibini Tunzi Beauty Copy Share Image
Isn't it incredible how, you know, people have to fight to look like themselves. It's so crazy to me. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
Society has been conditioned for a very long time to see beauty as something that's been westernised. — Zozibini Tunzi Beauty Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, I always knew that I had to do something extraordinary with my life. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
Every time people ask me, 'Did you know that you would be Miss Universe?', my answer is, 'I didn't know that I… — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
Since sixth grade, I've been learning that the climate is deteriorating and the planet is dying, and it is up to us… — Zozibini Tunzi Climate Copy Share Image
My grandmother probably never thought she would see a day where, you know, a young black woman would be seen as a… — Zozibini Tunzi Day Copy Share Image
I didn't enter Miss S.A. because I thought I was the most beautiful woman in S.A., I entered because it's one of… — Zozibini Tunzi Beautiful Copy Share Image
I believe that every single person was brought into this world for a purpose and that we should never leave the world… — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
You're not taught to be ambitious as a woman. And so when you are, sometimes you shy away from it or you're… — Zozibini Tunzi Ambitious Copy Share Image
It was a question I got asked often from my friends when they heard I had entered Miss S.A. - 'will you… — Zozibini Tunzi Change Copy Share Image
I'm happy to see people being fearless and finally knowing that their voices mean something and that they stand for something. — Zozibini Tunzi Fearless Copy Share Image
I have been feeling the love of South Africans since I got crowned Miss South Africa, even before going to Miss Universe.… — Zozibini Tunzi Body Copy Share Image
My thing about gender-based violence is to bring in the men. Because people would ask women, 'What do you think we should… — Zozibini Tunzi Feminism Copy Share Image
People speak about diversity and representation like the world is ready. But when it actually happens, people can't take change. They can't… — Zozibini Tunzi Change Copy Share Image
Being black has been put in such a negative light. For such a long time, being black has been criminalized, but being… — Zozibini Tunzi Amazing Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing... is leadership. It's something that has been lacking in young women and girls for a very… — Zozibini Tunzi Feminism Copy Share Image
I think we are afraid to take up space. We are afraid to be amazing. As soon as that fear leaves us… — Zozibini Tunzi Amazing Copy Share Image
I always knew I had to find a way to be a catalyst for positive change. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
I think women should be in women's corner even more, wherever... across the world, women need to be in each other's corners. — Zozibini Tunzi Corner Copy Share Image
When you leave home, then you leave with the possibility of not returning. — Zozibini Tunzi Home Copy Share Image
I think as a black woman, we have a lot of colorism going on around us, and we have a lot of… — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
I want children to look at me and see my face and I want them to see their faces reflected in mine. — Zozibini Tunzi Children Copy Share Image
There's something about home that you just can't find anywhere else in the world. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
We need to dismantle the systems that were built on racism, that were built on the backs of black people. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
My life since the Miss Universe win has changed completely, in fact I do not think my life will ever be the… — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
I want the men of our nation to stand and take a stand against gender based violence. — Zozibini Tunzi Feminism Copy Share Image
I believe that beauty means being comfortable with who you are. — Zozibini Tunzi Beauty Copy Share Image
I knew that to live a fulfilling life I had to live a purposeful life; a life of service. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
One minute I was a PR intern, the next I was Miss South Africa. — Zozibini Tunzi Africa Copy Share Image
I never realised how overwhelming it could be to be loved by people who don't even know you. — Zozibini Tunzi Copy Share Image
If learners do not have a roof under which they can learn we are already setting them up for failure. — Zozibini Tunzi Education Copy Share Image
I stand for the education of the South African youth, for equality and representation, as Miss South Africa, I cannot wait to… — Zozibini Tunzi Education Copy Share Image
We should be teaching young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing… — Zozibini Tunzi Nothing Copy Share Image
I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of… — Zozibini Tunzi Beautiful Copy Share Image
Women are constantly being taught how to defend themselves against attack from men. I would like to shift the perception. I want… — Zozibini Tunzi Alone Copy Share Image
