Share

Zoey Seboe on Miss SA and her rare skin condition: 'Beauty is knowing that simply existing is enough'

accreditation
Share your Subscriber Article
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend!
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
loading...
Loading, please wait...
0:00
play article
Subscribers can listen to this article
Miss SA Top 30 finalist Zoey Seboe. Image by Walthariii Photography
Miss SA Top 30 finalist Zoey Seboe. Image by Walthariii Photography

Representation matters. We hear this all the time, but this time, at least for me, it almost feels like the unrealistic beauty standards conversation is not just lip service. 

This week, Miss SA's top 30 finalists were announced and, after a scroll down the list, my eyes were fixed on 22-year-old Zoey Seboe.

She was born with a rare skin condition, Lamellar Ichthyosis, which many mistake for burn marks or eczema.

Read this for free
Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
Try FREE for 14 days
Already a subscriber? Sign in
heading
description
username
Show Comments ()
Editorial feedback and complaints

Contact the public editor with feedback for our journalists, complaints, queries or suggestions about articles on News24.

LEARN MORE