Mrs Worldwide

Lizelle Burchell (35) from Alicedale won the Mrs Worldwide beauty pageant in Minnesota on July 18. Six judges looked at 12 contestants, deciding on the former Port Elizabeth Framesby High School brunette. Lizelle was second runner-up and Mrs Style at the Mrs South Africa 2007 pageant, and also won Mrs Eastern Cape 2007 last October. She was a semi-finalist in the Miss South Africa 1992 pageant. In 2006 she entered the Mrs Port Elizabeth pageant and was crowned runner-up. The mother of four is married to controversial Alicedale hunting operator Barry Burchell, who is suing his former friend and business partner, Texan businessman Scott Anglin.