I thought it would be interesting to list some of these wonder women. The Free State tends to lag behind some of the other ‘sexier’ provinces and it’s time to shine some light on the often forgotten part of our beautiful country.
Sport
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Karen Muir - Broke the world backstroke record at the age of 12 in 1965, and became the youngest world record holder in the world in any sport
Other Free State born Olympians include:
Jeanine Steenkamp (swimming)
Kate Roberts (triathlon)
Lesley-Anne George (hockey - she''s currently the Proteas'' vice captain)
Pietie Coetzee (hockey - she became the world''s leading goal scorer in hockey in June 2011)
Athletics:
Zola Budd (pictured top right)
Tennis:
Amanda Coetzer (Ranked in the top 3 women''s tennis players in the world in her day - 1990''s)
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Politics
Winnie Madikizela Mandela
Entrepreneur
Lize Labuschagne - South Africa''s Entrepreneur of the Year 2010
Beauty
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Vickie Fourie - Miss Deaf SA (and 2nd Princess in 2010 Miss Deaf International in Las Vegas)
Lieschen Botes - Official Wonderbra girl in 2005
Tayla Davis - Model, featured in latest Sports Illustrated
Lynn de Bruyn - Revlon model
Acting
Jeanne Nielson - Starred in ''Faith Like Potatoes'' and in the latest Free Willy movie, among others
Roxy Meyer - A swimmer and actor who has also appeared in Sports Illustrated