For the first time since 2011, a black woman has won Miss Universe — and Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi has a powerful message about leadership for young girls.
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00:00For me to be able to be here today, crowned as a Miss Universe with my hair looking the way that it does
00:05and my skin looking the way that it does is something truly magical
00:10and I hope that it touches every child who grew up the way that I grew up
00:13and was told that, you know, they were not beautiful.
00:16And it even extends beauty because it's not just about beauty,
00:20it's about breaking boundaries and doing things that you've been told you can never do before.
00:25The new Miss Universe is...
00:32South Africa!
00:41From South Africa!
00:43From South Africa!
00:53I think the most important thing we should be teaching young girls today is leadership.
00:58It's something that has been lacking in young girls and women for a very long time.
01:03Not because we don't want to, but because of what society has labelled women to be.
01:08I think we are the most powerful beings on the world
01:11and that we should be given every opportunity
01:13and that is what we should be teaching these young girls, to take up space.
01:17Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.
01:38HeForShe, you know, that's exactly what it means.
01:41HeForShe, he is standing for the women, he is standing with the women
01:46and yes, I'm absolutely excited and I can see that you guys are excited about it too.
01:51And yeah, I think what makes it more special is that it's not just about me,
01:57it's about the nation.
01:58I'm taking your guys' messages to the universe, messages of love.
02:02It's time that we stop fighting,
02:05It's time that we stop pointing fingers and work together
02:07in ending this fight against gender-based violence.
02:10Young women are the future of society,
02:12and we actually need to unite to bring a change to society.
02:17Society should be co-existing with all the communities
02:20and as the regions collectively organize to make that change
02:22I think that's the right path to take.
02:33We are now here in our neighbourhood,
02:37I'm not a lesbian. I'm not a transgender.
02:42I'm not a lesbian. I'm not a transgender.
02:46The LGBT community in Japan is a very big issue.
02:51People are afraid of LGBT people.
02:56We are in the middle of a social movement.
03:01We are here to talk about the LGBT community in Japan.
03:06We are here to speak about the LGBT community in Japan.
03:41but I represent a lot of diversity of women and a lot of diversity of the human being in the world
03:47that feels identified with me, with my life.