{"id":176597,"date":"2018-04-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/176597\/local-lass-shines-in-competition\/"},"modified":"2018-04-17T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:02:15","slug":"local-lass-shines-in-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/04\/18\/local-lass-shines-in-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Local lass shines in competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took months of hard work and preparation but the gorgeous Jessica Morgan de Vrye (5) is happy with the result.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster, who is a Grade R learner at Daeraad Pre-Primary School and a Primrose resident, recently competed in the final of the Miss Elite SA competition.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The GCN spoke to Jessica before the final regarding her reasons for competing and she told us how much she was enjoying doing the charity work side of the competition (GCN, January 26).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to help people makes me happy,\u201d said Jessica.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI also like the crowns and sashes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176599\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-176599\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/15GCNGENERALJESS_61623-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/15GCNGENERALJESS_61623-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/15GCNGENERALJESS_61623-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/15GCNGENERALJESS_61623-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/15GCNGENERALJESS_61623.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Morgan de Vrye (5) and her modeling coach Cecilia van Eeden from Younique Modelling Academy show off all Jessica\u2019s sashes and trophies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis was Jessica\u2019s first major competition and she had to compete in the pro category,\u201d said proud mom Nicole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe walked away with a number of titles and we are ecstatic and extremely proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">RELATED ARTICLES:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/171228\/local-lass-eyes-the-crown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crowns, sashes and helping people thrill Jessica<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessica achieved the following awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Social Media Award<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Brand Ambassador<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Most Exquisite &#8211; Most Beautiful<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Fourth Princess<\/p>\n<p>Jessica was thrilled with her achievement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCNnews\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCblgxW6BRXTLGLQvpcumLqA\">YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Or add the GCN on<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<strong>BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/\">Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/\">Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kemptonexpress.co.za\/\">Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='3e30af83de061b13fe1d87471b979d0b'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five-year-old excels in Miss Elite SA competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":176598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Melissa Hart","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[1658,979,969,2734,16997,18491,6385,1000],"class_list":["post-176597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-competition","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-miss-elite-sa","tag-miss-elite-sa-competition","tag-modelling","tag-primrose"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["competition","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","Miss Elite SA","Miss Elite SA competition","modelling","primrose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}