Bryoni Natalie Govender (17 July 1997) is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe South Africa 2023. She was appointed Miss Universe South Africa 2023 after placing as 1st Runner-Up at Miss South Africa 2023 as the official winner Natasha Joubert already competed at Miss Universe before, and therefore Bryoni now will represent her country at Miss Universe 2023 pageant.
Background
Govender was born to South African of Indian descent parents in Kempton Park, Gauteng. She is a qualified lawyer who is working as a trainee associate, whilst awaiting admission to become an attorney. She had said her role model and the one person she would like to meet is Aishwarya Rai, an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi and Tamil films and the winner of the Miss World 1994.
Pageantry
Miss Universe 2023
In August, 2023, Govender was crowned the second most beautiful woman in South Africa. She will be the first South African of Indian descent to represent South Africa at Miss Universe since 1998. It has been 25 years since South Africa had an Indian representative at the Miss Universe pageant. This after Miss SA 1997, Kerishnie Naicker was placed in the top 10 at the Miss Universe pageant in 1998. She will represent South Africa at the 72nd Miss Universe competition to be held in El Salvador on November 18, 2023.
Personal life
Currently, she is dating former Kaizer Chief striker Samir Nurkovic.