Dressing a queen

13-strong design team take charge of Palesa's wardrobe

Postponed mere hours before the queen was due to be crowned after a Covid-19 outbreak in camp, the biggest beauty pageant of them all, Miss World will finally go ahead on 16 March.

Botswana’s fairest in the land, Palesa Molefe, will be among the top 40 contestants heading back to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to resume the quest for glory.

Back in December, the 22-year-old received a heroine’s welcome on her return home, having captured the publics’ heart with her zest for life and down-to-earth nature.

Indeed, with the right wardro...