[1] Her first runner-up was a black woman Augustine Masilela of Soweto, who would be a Top 10 semifinalist at Miss Universe 1995.
As the official representative of her country to the 1992 Miss World pageant held in Sun City, South Africa on 12 December, she became Miss World Africa and 4th runner-up to eventual winner Julia Kourotchkina of Russia.
After the event she received a phone call from Nelson Mandela thanking her for making that decision.
[3] The dress she wore while participating in the pageant, a white and gold Stefania Morland design with elaborate ostrich feather details, is on exhibition at the CP Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn.
Kleinhans is married to New Zealand businessman Leighton Curd, and is a mother of four children.