While Rolene Strauss's crowning moment as Miss World has been hailed as inspirational, pageants could have the opposite effect, according to a gender activist. many have called into question whether beauty pageants such as Miss World are still relevant. Others said it was inspirational because Miss World was not only about beauty as the winner did a lot of charity work.

tru Afternoon got the bottom of this by gathering former and current beauty queens: Former Miss SA Teen; Zizo Tshwete, the current Miss Heritage Global; Ziphozihle Ntlanganiso and a Zingcwele Songelwa, a young person who participates on these pageants...to find out the truth about beauty pageants