A WINNING SMILE
YOU South Africa|20 February 2020
Azina has been chosen as SA’s cutest Grade 1 learner
CHER PETERSEN
A WINNING SMILE

IT DOESN’T get any cuter than this. Many kids are a bundle of nerves on their first day of school – but not Azina Mamane. Kitted out in her new dress and shiny new shoes, little pink backpack slung over her shoulders, the five-year-old couldn’t wait to get to class on her first day of Grade 1.

And this can-do attitude is already earning big rewards for the plucky schoolgirl, from Lawley in Johannesburg. Adorable Azina was chosen as SA’s cutest Grade 1 learner in a competition run by Pep in conjunction with YOU and our sister magazines, Move! and Drum.

This story is from the 20 February 2020 edition of YOU South Africa.

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