Basetsana Julia Kumalo (born Basetsana Julia Makgalemele) is a former Miss South Africa and is currently a television presenter and businesswoman. A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit_oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ...

She first gained fame in 1994 when she won the Miss South Africa competition - the first black woman to achieve this in the formerly all-white beauty pageant. She was the first runner-up in the subsequent Miss World competition. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, based largely, though not always entirely, on the beauty of their physical appearance. ... The Miss World pageant (not to be confused with Miss Universe) is an international beauty pageant founded in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. ...

During her reign she became a presenter on Top Billing, a popular South African entertainment and lifestyle magazine programme; she was also appointed as beauty editor of Drum Magazine in the same year.

Kumalo went on to become the producer of the Top Billing as well as the co-owner (with Patience Stevens) of Tswelopele Productions. This company produces Top Billing as well as other popular programmes, such as the Afrikaans Pasella. Afrikaans is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia. ...

She married Romeo Kumalo, a popular South African broadcaster, in 2000. This article is about the year 2000. ...

On the business side, Kumalo is also a Black Economic Empowerment partner in Tawana Resources, a diamond exploration and mining company. Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a program launched by the South African government to redress the inequalities of apartheid by giving previously disadvantaged groups (Africans, Coloureds and Indians) economic opportunuties. ... A scattering of round-brilliant cut diamonds shows off the many reflecting facets. ...

Kumalo was voted 74th in the Top 100 Great South Africans (see List of South Africans) in 2004. // Top 100 Great South Africans In September 2004, thousands of South Africans took part in an informal nationwide poll to determine the 100 Greatest South Africans of all time. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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