Tiffany Simelane (1988 – August 17, 2009) was a Swazi model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Swaziland at Miss World 2008 in South Africa.
In an interview with the Times of Swaziland she thanked God that her reign was over, stating she thought she was "going crazy" and that the title had been nothing more than a liability to her.
[3] When she relinquished her crown at a ceremony in the Royal Swazi Convention Centre,[4] she gave a cryptic speech, revealing that becoming Miss Swaziland had opened her eyes and that she had hoped to remove the cloud of controversy around the competition during her reign.
[5] On August 17, 2009, Simelane died by suicide by ingesting weevil tablet, a pesticide that contains aluminium phosphide and emits phosphine gas.
Friends reported that she killed herself over a "broken heart", facing depression and a lack of closeness with her family on top of the stress of being Miss Swaziland.