Miss South Africa 2023 was the 65th edition of the Miss South Africa pageant, held at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, South Africa, on 13 August 2023.
Ndavi Nokeri of Limpopo crowned Natasha Joubert of Gauteng as her successor at the end of the event. Due to Joubert representing South Africa at Miss Universe 2020, her first runner-up Bryoni Govender was the country representative at Miss Universe 2023.
Starting this year, the top 12 delegates participated in a reality show called Crown Chasers, where they competed in challenges reflecting the Miss South Africa values. Each week, one contestant was eliminated, wherein in the end,only 7 finalistas competed on final.
The official Top 12 finalists who would participate in Crown Chasers were announced on 8 June. During the show, Lebohang Raputsoe, Lungo Katete, Ané Oosthuysen, and Keaoleboga Nkashe were eliminated, while Levern José withdrew from the competition amidst bullying allegations which resurfaced from former classmates on Twitter. The seven finalists advanced to the televised Miss South Africa 2023 final were revealed on 6 August.
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The Top 30 semifinalists were announced on 24 May. The semifinalists who did not advance to the Top 12 were:
Bonang Matheba and Leandie Du Randt served as judges for all episodes of Crown Chasers, while the following guest judges were featured in each episode: