Bio
Luyolo Mngonyama is a South African model best known for being one of the Top 12 finalists in the 2016 Miss South Africa pageant.
Miss SA Bio
Age: 24
From: Umtata, Eastern Cape
Luyolo is a third year BA student at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, majoring in psychology and sociology.
Also an interviewer at the TB and HIV Care Association, Luyolo hopes to instill in young minds love, charity and ambition and would like to use the Miss South Africa platform to do just that.
Her role model is her aunt Nobuntu Mngonyama, who she describes as "a God-fearing woman who grew up with nothing and made a success of her life, which she now shares with others."
In her spare time, Luyolo knits. Her message to girls and young women: "It's your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude. Situation or wealth won't determine your success – your attitude will."