It's always inner quality. A glow that encompasses a personality and intellect that surprises you, intrigues you and makes you reconsider a known - Margaret Gardiner

Being there. The scenario was like a movie. SA was not welcomed by the world. I entered to help publicise the first multi-racial pageant. Won it. The pageant was held at a time of strained relations for SA, although the people accepted me and loved me as an individual.

I wanted to honour the countries I visited. There’s tradition and protocol. I travelled with a World Almanac. It’s books that were printed before computers that you could carry in your purse. They had the history of each country so I’d read up on the plane. Almost always someone in the press would ask about a political hot potato at my reception at the airport upon arrival. I was never caught off guard.

Beauty is the combination of mind, body, soul, the desire to be your best and bring out the best in others