Sihle honours daughter through pageant dream!

TV presenter and activist Sihle Sibisi is now a beauty queen.

Sihle (40), who hosts Vimba on Moja Love, is a finalist for Mrs Curve South Africa 2025.

She is also known for speaking up against ‘fake’ pastors.

Sihle is dedicating her new journey to her late daughter, Khanyisile Seleke.

The activist spoke to Daily Sun about her new journey.

“She passed away on 11 January 2024 at 10 years old. She died from a ruptured brain aneurysm and was a pageant queen. This opportunity came on my lap, and I grabbed it with both hands.

“I’m doing it for her, so this journey means a lot to me. It’s personal because I’m not just doing it for fame or anything else. I’m doing it because, for me, it’s an honour, my daughter,” said Sihle.

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She said Khanyisile’s legacy has influenced her participation in the pageant.

“I’m alert and learning every day. I mean, I used to be a pageant mum, but now I’m the mum who’s in the pageant. However, this is an empowerment programme for married women and women with kids. So, the role of my late daughter has influenced me in a positive way where everything that comes from me is a challenge.

“It’s a challenge in a way that I tell myself I’m not going to give up. As much as I may not understand sometimes, I push because I know wherever she is, she’s clapping for me and saying, ‘Well done, mommy’,” she said.

Sihle will focus on her two passionate projects.

“I’m the founder of a non-profit organisation called Kwanele Foundation, which advocates for and stands against gender-based violence and femicide holistically. I’m also the founder of the Khanyisile Paediatric Foundation for brain aneurysm awareness.

“So, this platform will be giving me a higher level to amplify issues regarding gender-based violence and femicide. Also, it’ll place me on higher ground to educate the masses about what a ruptured brain aneurysm is. In South Africa, there isn’t much education about that. So, I’m learning from the Boston Aneurysm Foundation that 1 in 50 people is walking around with an unruptured aneurysm. So, these are causes that are close to my heart,” she said.

The pageant is scheduled for October 2025, and the venue is still to be confirmed.