Pageant titleholder and business woman Bokang Montjane took to to Instagram to reflect on her upbringing in Ga-Mphahlele in Limpopo. The former Miss SA expressed how she is not ashamed of where she comes from and never let her background define her.
Her heartfelt post was titled "Dear Beautiful Brown-Skinned Girl : I will say it again YOU ARE NOT DEFINED BY YOUR BACKGROUND... I took a drive to Ga-Mphahlehle the house we lived in for the best 8 years of my life... Don't ever be ashamed of where you come from because that's your strength, taking pride in who you are and where you come from. I got teary taking pics in this yard, inside mama and papas old house gosh even our old coal stove is still there ( stofo sa Malahla) lol I have some of my best memories in this house. I remember being little and waking up so early at about 4:30 every morning just so my dad could take me to Lebowakgomo to catch school transport to go to school at PCS because there wasn't even transport for kids from Gamphahlele to town for school...Yes I'm that girl who didn't grow up in a village that had electricity, yes I'm that girl when water would not run out from the outside tap we would go to the river (nokeng), And I am damn proud of where I come from. And still for some odd gracious reason even before I was conceived in my mothers womb God said "I CHOOSE HER AND I WILL BLESS WITH A LIFE BEYOND HER WILDEST DREAMS". Don't let anybody ever tell you because you are from a village or township , because you are black, or not from a rich family that you will not make it... If a beautiful brown skinned girl from GaMphahlele Seleteng could make it, you can!!! #KeepDreaming #KeepPushing #NeverGiveUp #TheWorldIsYourOyster #YouAreWorthyOfBigDreams
