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Durban — Lavanya Levida Govender from Merebank will represent South Africa at the Miss Teenager Universe pageant in Indonesia in September.The 15-year-old beat contestants from around the country to be crowned Miss Teenager Universe South Africa.The Grade 10 pupil of Merebank Secondary School said her first taste of the stage came at the age of 7 when her dad, Sagren, introduced her to modelling, and her first pageant was Little Miss India in 2018.“My dad thought it would boost my self-confidence because I was very shy and afraid of being around crowds. I enrolled in a modelling school…