Miss Gauteng Exclusive finalist, Zothando Mzizi is part of a Social Bullying campaign awareness organised by Miss Gauteng Exclusive and the team aims to educate the community about bullying and address the effects that lead to social bullying.
All the contestants hold the campaign and they use social media as a platform to raise the awareness, this encourages people to have an open discourse about bullying with their family and friends.
Zothando Mzizi spoke to Gauteng News “This year the team chose bullying and I feel like I was in the right place at the time as I have been a victim of bullying all my life. Growing up looking younger than your peers makes them seek to harm you, as you are seen as an easy target”.
Miss Gauteng Exclusive is a place where women are encouraged to fight for their dreams and finally give the world their best. The organisation aims to work with women form different background and they also have intergenerational mentorship programmes that educates women about self-love and respect. The organisation also invests in intercultural collaborations and creative programmes that equip women with confidence, entrepreneurship and leadership skills.
“By social we mean society, this means that we are covering all types of bullying that is within our society. Depending on the type of bullying you have to identify why the person is bullying you, some people do it to get attention some to try and feel better about themselves, and the one I learnt in the past week is that some people try to say nasty things to you because they are afraid of your potential and hope they are afraid of you never see what you capable of doing”, explained Mzizi.
The organisation highlights that the society must understand social bullying and the perpetrators go through self-hate and they attempt to make themselves feel better by degrading and violating other people. Miss Gauteng Exclusive is a place where women are encouraged to fight for their dreams and give their best to the world. They aim to work with women who want to improve their communities and themselves. Zolathando elaborated to Gauteng News, “My plans for the future is to continue to do duties in my community and also improve art in schools. As a finalist I’m there to represent all the artists and I want peopleto take art seriously and most importantly to put art up until grade 12 in all high schools, as art and culture is helping the economy through tourism. If art is made one of our priorities in the country we can make a difference”. For more information the public can follow and participate in the Social Bullying campaign by following them on Facebook, Miss Gauteng Exclusive and Instagram @miss_gauteng_exclusive.
