South African netizens are rooting for celebrated multi-media personality, Bonang Matheba to host the 2024 Miss Universe pageant.
Matheba has successfully hosted numerous world-class events and beauty pageants over her two-decade-long career.
This includes the 2018, 2023 and 2024 Miss SA pageant, the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards pre-show and the 2018 Global Citizen: Mandela 100 concert among others events.
Now fans are pushing for her to be given the opportunity to host the prestigious Miss Universe beauty pageant.
Taking to social media platform X, Luna M, also known as @tiredfeminist_, posted: “I need Bonang to host Miss Universe soon! Yes her outfits eat, but she has perfected this gig so much, I can’t think of a better person.”
I need Bonang to host Miss Universe soon! Yes her outfits eat, but she has perfected this gig so much, I can’t think of a better person #BdazzledOnS3 pic.twitter.com/1k1J9BYO2t
— Luna M (@tiredfeminist_) September 2, 2024
Another user, @SelfieRunnerZA, then tagged Anne Jakrajutatip, CEO of JKN Global Group, who owns the Miss Universe Organisation, and asked her to consider Matheba for the coveted hosting job.
“Dear @annejknofficial we would really appreciate if @Bonang can kindly please host Miss Universe. We’ve been tagging @MissUniverse the whole day today. Please please do consider this request 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾,” read the post.
Dear @MissUniverse, please let @Bonang host Miss Universe just once. If you give her just this one opportunity, you’ll want her back hosting every other year. I’m sure @Official_MissSA will only be too happy to send you tapes where she hosted #MissSA over the years, if needs be. https://t.co/axKZHYku6q
— Dimakatso David Mokwena (Phoyisa Bae) 👮🏽♂️ (@SelfieRunnerZA) September 3, 2024
This post was viewed over 619k times and shared by numerous other social media users, until it got the attention of Jakrajutatip, who wrote back: “Beautiful…”
Beautiful… https://t.co/Bhec3lbhe9
To further advocate for Matheba, fans shared clips of her during the 2024 Miss SA ceremony as well as past events that she’s hosted.
@ApheleleJody wrote: “Please look (at) her 🙏🏽🙏🏽.”
Please look her 🙏🏽🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/C98JBsSgnU
Meanwhile @DJMaverickZA called Matheba “Africa’s best live television host”.
“Miss South Africa 2024 Host Bonang Matheba. She's been hosting the show for three years and Africa’s best LIVE television host and most awarded on-air personality. Consider her for Miss Universe this year 🙏.”
Miss South Africa 2024 Host Bonang Matheba. She's been hosting the show for three years and Africas best LIVE television host and most awarded on-air personality. Consider her for Miss Universe this year 🙏 pic.twitter.com/pPRB6Muvl8
We’ve seen the power of South Africans on social media over and over again, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Matheba does go on to host the Miss Universe pageant.