[1][2][3] Carla grew up in a small town called Hartbeespoort, situated in the North West Province of South Africa.
[5] Carla joined the 2015 Miss Earth South Africa pageant where she was hailed as the winner.
She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Ilze Saunders and the Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom.
[2] As part of the National Programme each semi-finalist was tasked with planting ten indigenous trees at a primary school as part of their June projects to raise awareness of mankind's dependence on trees and that was when the Miss Earth Big 02 Challenge was born.
[6][7] Carousel Productions, the owner and organizer of the Miss Earth pageant, saw the potential of the project and supported the initiative by urging its national directors to have their own Miss Earth Big 02 Challenge in their own respective countries.