PROFILE
A chat with the first
Prince and Princess
of the Campus...
Malenyalo Molemance
and William George
get more insight from their
experience before, during
and after the pageant season. This
is what we have learned about
them.
Q: What is your relationship
status?
Marilyn: Oh my goodness,
(giggles), do I really have to answer
that? I am taken…
Duane: I am engaged (with a
smile)
Student 24/7 had a chat with the NWU Vaal first
Prince, Duane Barker (22), who is also Mr Oryx
2014/2015 and the first Princess, Marilyn Ndlovu (20),
she was crowned Miss Faranani 2014/2015. The two of
them, respectively came in second place during the Mr
and Miss NWU 2014 held on 9 May at the Big Lapa.
Duane is a second year student, studying BCom in
Sport Management and Recreation. He won the Mister
Personality at the Mr and Miss NWU Vaal 2014/2015.
He is into gaming and computers. He believes in
education for our generation and job equality amongst
our people – “people who are better qualified for jobs,
regardless of whether they are black, white, indian or
coloured; they are not getting those jobs.” He says the
story/history is usually told by the winner.
She is a first year B. Com in Financial Accounting student. She is a journalist from Student 24/7 and started
pageants at the age of 7, she enjoys taking photographs. She doesn’t watch television anymore nor
listen to the radio. She says the moment they called
her as the first princess, she was in disbelief. When
she walked in, she only remembered to smile when
she was given a crown by the former Miss NWU Lerato
Motsoane.
They both are opinionated people, if not talkative.
They believe that they are introverts with extrovert’s
tendencies. They like comedy and romance movies,
and Dragon Ball Z which they used to watch when they
were young, respectively.
We had an opportunity to ask them few questions and
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Q: How did winning change your
personality?
Marilyn: It didn’t change my
personality, it just enhanced it.
Because this was not the first time I won a pageant. I
won first princess in my high school. But at the age of
7, when we used to call it ‘beauty contest’, I lost.
Duane: It made me more humble, because, by nature
- I’m a very arrogant person. But since participating
(in NWU Vaal pageants), I got to become friends with
everyone. It did make me change, not as much as
people expect, like you may be thinking, the fame and
everything, for me it’s more of a way to keep yourself in
check.
Q: What do you do for fun?
Marilyn: What I do for fun now, which is different from
what I used to do for fun before
I came here is: going home
every second weekend,
see important