Claudia Henkel

Claudia Henkel (born April 22, 1983 in Gauteng, South Africa) is a South African beauty queen, who held the title Miss South Africa 2004 pageant in Thailand and placed in the top fifteen.

Gorgeous Claudia who holds the title of Miss South Africa 2004 is a determined law student.

This energetic twenty-one-year old loves listening to the music of Elvis Presley, Coldplay, Norah Jones and U2. According to Claudia, the secret to success and achieving any goal is having 100% focus and giving 100% effort.

Proof that you can have it all – Beauty. Brains. Personality.

Described as South Africa’s favourite beauty queen, Claudia has graced the covers of no less than 12 magazines during the past year. She was voted hottest contestant by viewers on the Miss Universe website poll. Competing against beauty queens from 87 countries, Claudia made it into the top fifteen.

She represented South Africa at the Miss Universe 2005 pageant in Thailand. She’s an ambassador and a diplomat. She’s also South Africa’s favourite cover girl, a top model, and the star of screen ads. She’s also held a dying child in her arms and vowed to fight the disease that killed him.

From student of law to the catwalks of the world as Miss South Africa; as an ambassador for South Africa, as a spokesperson for POWA and HIV/AIDS and as a businesswoman in her own right – Claudia Henkel epitomises excellence.

As an ambassador for South Africa, she has applied her law background to understanding the constitution, democracy, world and global issues and has been actively promoting South Africa as a land of beauty, positive opportunities and great diversity.

She plans to complete her studies at law, but she’s going to have to burn the midnight oil. In demand as a screen star, a speaker and a celebrity MC, Claudia Henkel’s career has just begun.