Week 1 Winners: Ellen Pringle & Charmaine Bashe

Ellen is my Grandmother. I was presented to her when she was 54 years old and at her weakest with all sorts of ailments, gall stones, a nervous breakdown and a bad broken heart from being widowed at 34 when her husband was hit by a speeding car. My mother left me with her when she decided to heed the call of youthfulness and trot the world.
I was 4mths old, and a wailing infant.

No clothes, no formula and it being so long since she mothered a child, it was a great challenge; the sleepless nights, the clinic visits, the simple task of putting a diaper was futile for her, but she did it ever so lovingly and so gently.

She educated me academically, socially and emotionally. She instilled resilience in me and even when my marriage failed she told me to cry about it but also to smile about the journey of healing that awaited me.

I am now the 34 year old mother of a gorgeous 4 year old boy. I have a good job, a car and a home. I have principles and values that only a black old woman can teach a girl, and every single time I go to Soweto for a visit I make sure I kiss the now wrinkled old hands of a now 86 year old Phenomenal Woman that moulded me.

Week 2 Winners: Bettie Swanepoel & Elana Fourie

My mother was diagnosed at the end of 2007 with breast cancer. During all her chemo and treatment I didn't hear her complain about anything.

Everytime we asked how she was and how she was feeling, she just smiled and said she was ok and didn't have any complaints. In the morning she would just stand up and go on again. I didn't see her during the time that she was in bed and didn't feel well.

She drove all the way to Bloemfontein to visit me. She is just a PHENOMENAL woman and an example to everybody who has CANCER - always look forward, believe in God and pray!

Week 3 Winners: Jennette Chauke & Sharon Chauke

She is an unemployed single mother of five children with no husband. She has raised her children selling second hand shoes, tomatoes and mopane worms on the street of Alexandra.

She lives in a single room with all her children, sharing the same bed. She is a hardworker, a women who loves her children and took them to school without nothing.

She is a hero, because she did not abort or kill any of her children, she is a living example to all the mothers out there, who thought they can not do it on their own and end up giving their children away or throwing them in the toilet or bins.

She inspires me alot and deserves to be told how special she is to me, to the people that look up to her and the world. She is not only a mother, but a mother with diginity and respect. Please give her love!

Week 4 Winners: Vanessa Cousins & Brenda-Lynn McCann

I really feel she is worthy of being made Tastic's Phenomenal Woman's award as she is a woman in a million.

Vanessa helps everyone that crosses her path and goes out of her way in every aspect at whatever cost. She is an example to all woman out there that anything is possible and has such a balance in life.

She is a wonderful wife, mother and care-giver and will go to lengths to aid and assist anyone that meets her. I have never in my life met someone as strong as she is and she truly sets an example that any woman can pull through anything.

She gives off such an aura of warmth and makes you feel like the most important person in the world. She is a highly successful stockmarket business-woman well respected in a man's world and has earned herself the utmost respect from many successful people. She makes time for everyone no matter what situation you are in and will not rest until you are on your feet.

This woman is an example and honestly should be awarded Woman of the Year award. She has all the criteria to match this award.

Final Week Winners: Lindsay Walsh & Peter Walsh

Having a daughter Kerry (13) who suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and is wheelchair bound and needs 24 hour assistance makes life challenging.

My wife Lindsay never complains about the situation, from getting Kerry dressed daily, doing hair, bathing, assisting with the homework, projects and transport to school and all events, she continually strives to give Kerry as normal a life as possible.
All I can say is that Lindsay is truely a fanTASTIC woman !

Terms & Conditions

1. The competition is open to all members of the public who reside in South Africa. No directors, employees, agents or consultants of Tiger Brands Limited, its subsidiary companies, and their business partners, associates or immediate families may participate in this competition.
   
2. The rules will be applied and interpreted at the sole discretion of Tiger Brands Limited. Participation by the entrants constitutes acceptance of these rules.
   
3. The competition will run online at www.tastic.co.za, from 19 July – 23 August 2010. To enter, participants must sign in or register at www.tastic.co.za, nominate the Phenomenal Woman of their choice and submit a short motivation of why they are nominating her using the entry form provided. Participants can submit multiple motivations on condition that each nominee is different. Entries for the week must be submitted online before 12pm on each Monday. No late entries will be accepted. Winners will be drawn thereafter and published that same day.
   
4. The prizes include 5 x R5000 Woolworths shopping vouchers, 5 x R1000 Woolworths shopping vouchers and 5 x Innoxa Bath & Shower Range Hampers. The Woolworths vouchers can be redeemed at any Woolworths store in South Africa. These vouchers will be valid for 12 months from date of issue. The prizes cannot be exchanged for their cash value.
   
5. A winning motivation will be selected by Tiger Brands Limited every Monday after 12pm during the competition and the winners will be announced on the same day on the Tastic Phenomenal Women Facebook page.
   
6. The woman nominated will receive a R5000 Woolworths shopping voucher. The person that nominated her will receive a R1000 Woolworths shopping voucher and an Innoxa Bath & Shower Range Hamper.
   
7. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.