By: Natasha Archary

Current Miss SA, Natasha Joubert has shared that her Miss SA reign is taking a toll on her, and 8-months in exhaustion is kicking in.
Taking to her Instagram, Natasha opened up about feeling overwhelmed and struggling to feel happy, spending days crying non-stop.
Her daily schedules have been taking a toll on the reigning Miss SA and with just 4-months left, Natasha hopes she can find joy again.
“There has been a few of these moments I kept in the archives, and this past two weeks I’ve been feeling like I felt on this day. This picture was taken on 21 September and I felt guilty sharing it after only being Miss SA for a month.
Something big happened in my family and at the time didn’t have time to process as I usually would.
I am now Miss SA for 8 months and still have days of feeling extremely overwhelmed. Recently I’ve been struggling with feeling happy, full of purpose and like I have energy. I’ve realised how important balance is.
The small things are actually the big things. Family, my dogs, friends, doing “nothing” and sometimes just being in my feels.
At times you can’t do it all. You can’t always be a power woman, full of energy, feel motivated, feel your most beautiful and manage everyone’s expectations.Here’s to the final 4 months of my reign, focusing on balance, firm boundaries, rest, finding joy again and appreciating my loved ones.”
Natasha has previously shared her struggles with depression, and needing therapy as soon as she returned from Miss Universe where she left feeling unworthy.
Reaching a point where she struggled to get out of bed, Natasha says it was her best friend who gave her a lifeline by sharing her psychologist’s number.
Natasha Joubert spent the first three therapy sessions just crying, because flashbacks of her time at Miss Universe overwhelmed her with post-traumatic stress.
This coupled with the reality that she had spoken about her father’s death for the first time at the pageants, meant Natasha had a lot of childhood trauma to unpack.
Natasha Joubert did get engaged in February to her partner of 8 years Enrico Vermaak.
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