Noky Simbani
{{Short description|English model (born 1997)}}
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{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| birth_name = Nokuthaba Simbani
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1997|01|09}}
| birth_place = Zimbabwe
| alma_mater = University of Birmingham
| occupation = Model
| yearsactive = 2012–present
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}
| haircolor = Brown
| eyecolor = Brown
| title = Miss Universe Great Britain 2022
| competitions = Miss Grand International 2017
(Unplaced)
Miss Universe 2022
(Unplaced)
}}
Nokuthaba Simbani (born 9 January 1997) is a Zimbabwean-British model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Great Britain and represented Great Britain at Miss Universe 2022. She competed in the twentieth series of the ITV reality series Big Brother, where she placed fifth.
Life and career
Nokuthaba Simbani was born on 9 January 1997 in Zimbabwe.{{cite web |title=Nokuthaba Simbani - Greater Derby Area |url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nokuthaba-simbani-5a1675104 |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=13 November 2023}}
In 2001, she moved to the United Kingdom, settling in Derby, England, where she attended Littleover Community School from 2008 to 2013.{{cite news |title=Miss Universe |url=https://issuu.com/Mojatu/docs/mojatu_magazine_derby_d003/s/17704561 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Issuu |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113204406/https://issuu.com/Mojatu/docs/mojatu_magazine_derby_d003/s/17704561 |url-status=live }}
In 2012, aged 15, she participated in the Miss Teen Great Britain competition.{{cite news |title=Derby beauty pageant winner Noky Simbani is on Big Brother 2023 |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/derby-beauty-pageant-winner-noky-8815695 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Derby Telegraph |date=9 October 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030172311/https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/derby-beauty-pageant-winner-noky-8815695 |url-status=live }}
In 2017, Simbani won her first national pageant, Miss Grand England, and went on to represent England in Vietnam.{{cite news |title=Hilton girl to represent Great Britain at Miss Universe 2022 |url=https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/hilton-girl-represent-great-britain-7371759 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Staffordshire Live |date=23 July 2022 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819230505/https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/hilton-girl-represent-great-britain-7371759 |url-status=live }}
In 2020, she graduated from the University of Birmingham after studying chemical engineering, she started working as a banker.{{cite news |title=Big Brother's Noky's life off screen from real job to 'relationship' with housemate |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/big-brothers-nokys-life-screen-31345998 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=OK! |date=2 November 2023 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113204301/https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/big-brothers-nokys-life-screen-31345998 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Meet Noky, Big Brother 2023 housemate and Miss Universe Great Britain winner |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/noky-big-brother-2023-housemate/ |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Radio Times |date=10 November 2023 |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111094121/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/noky-big-brother-2023-housemate/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=23 July 2022 |title=Meet the Derbyshire woman representing Great Britain at Miss Universe 2022 |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/meet-derbyshire-woman-representing-great-7365307 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218081129/https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/meet-derbyshire-woman-representing-great-7365307 |archive-date=18 December 2022 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Derby Telegraph}}
In 2022, Simbani competed for the title of Miss Universe Great Britain, which she won.
A year later, she was a housemate on the twentieth series of the British reality series Big Brother, where she was a finalist and was evicted on the final day, receiving 5.3 percent of the votes to win the series, resulting in her placing 5th out the five finalists.{{cite news |title=Big Brother’s Noky: her age, job and Love Island pal |url=https://heatworld.com/entertainment/big-brother/noky-simbani/ |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Heat |date=9 October 2023 |archive-date=13 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113204302/https://heatworld.com/entertainment/big-brother/noky-simbani/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Oscar |title=Noky on Big Brother ITV: Derby contestant makes a splash in first episode of series 20 |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/noky-big-brother-itv-derby-8817793 |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Derby Telegraph |date=9 October 2023 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014142200/https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/noky-big-brother-itv-derby-8817793 |url-status=live }}
Filmography
References
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| before = Emma Collingridge
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| title = Miss Universe Great Britain
| years = 2022
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| after = Jessica Page
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{{Miss Universe 2022 delegates}}
{{Big Brother UK}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Category:Black British television personalities
Category:21st-century Black British women
Category:British beauty pageant winners
Category:English female models
Category:Miss Universe 2022 contestants
Category:People from Littleover
Category:Zimbabwean expatriates in England