Miss Africa USA Pageant


Miss Africa USA Semi-Finalist

Yolanda Masinga
School /Institution: Penn Foster College Major: Child Psychology Giving back: In the summer I help organize events for the African American Youth to understand their background dating back to their African Continent. I've taught them Zulu dancing as well as singing songs that we sang back home in south africa when we were growing up. I help with Videography/photography for their events as well as hold Media camps in the summer. AIDS Walk NYC, Every year my friends and I never fail to sponsor and walk the New York Aids Walk event which benefits a lot of organizations around the world. Dawn to Dusk. My new project in the works aimed at bringing smiles to the lives of the elderly. 5 year aspiration plan: On average an American person watches over 13 years of television in their lifetime and I plan to be part of those years and hopefully fill those 13 years with meaningful information. I plan to develop my Media Productions company as a home to inspirational shows. Where TV channels will look to us for shows that positively affect young people. I hope to communicate through my shows, the value of travelling and exploring other countries so to help create more global understanding amongst young people. I'm currently working on one of my show's right now will will expose careers that are outside the box that the youth from the African Continents are not aware of. My company has built a social network viewership of over 20 000 viewers worldwide in 6 months and I'm working at getting that number even higher so that when my shows hit the networks they will already have a large viewership internationally. I'm a strong believer that the time has come to exploit the media for more positive outcomes rather than filling our screens with so called 'reality series'. I will also open an old age home which will be dedicated at the memory of a strong woman who raised me to be the person I am today, my dear grandmother whom I never got a chance to pay back because she was taken away too soon. Country you are presenting: South Africa In one sentence state your platform: As a product of a grandparent household, I'd like to make the life of the senior citizens a little easier and bearable as they approach the dusk of their lives.