On June 4, 2022, amidst the electrifying atmosphere of the GG Tent City auditorium at Ruimsig Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Caren Namenya Mulyanga stood poised in a rhinestone-studded navy blue bikini, a garment so tiny it could slip into a zip-lock pouch with ease.
If someone had told the once sceptical 29-year-old that she would one day jet-set to international stages, she might have dismissed the notion with a laugh. Yet there she stood, grooving to the pulsating beats of Amapiano music, her chiselled muscles on display under the spotlight while judges meticulously assessed her physique.
