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International modeling competition highlights African beauty
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Now entering its third year, M-
Net’s Face o f Africa competition
the co n tin en t’s prem ier fashion
m odeling beauty show case is a
unique entertainment and cultural
ev en t th a t h ig h lig h ts som e o f
Africa’s most beautiful women. The
brainchild of M-Net, Africa’s larg
est subscription television broad
caster, this year’s final competition
will be broadcast to over 42 coun
tries throughout the African conti
nent.
Scheduled to be held in Capetown.
South Africa on April 15th, the win
ner o f this year’s Face o f Africa
competition receives a $150,000
contract with Elite Model Manage
ment in New York.
More important, the winner will be
launched into a high-profile inter
national m odeling career. Four
months after being named the first
M-Net Face o f Africa and moving
to New York, Nigenan-bom Oluchi
graced the cover o f Italian Vogue.
Since then, Oluchi has been photo
graphed repeatedly by such world-
class photographers as Steven
Meisel and Richard Avedon. She
also has appeared on The Oprah
Winfrey Show. In a re
cent survey in American
Vogue Oluchi was cho
sen as one o f the top four
ru n w ay m o d e ls in
America.
The winner o f the second
M -N et Face o f A frica
competition, Namibian-
b o rn
B e n v in d a
Mundenge, will be arriv
ing in
New York City in mid-
January and hopes are
high for her to take the
m o d e lin g w o rld by
storm.
Copy Editor
Joy Ramos
Business Managet
G ary A nn Taylor
Above: M-Net Face o f
A frica 2000 Southern
A frica regional finalist,
Surava Dhalakama.
Left: M-Net Face o f
A frica 1999finalist and
Elite Model Look o f the
Year finalist. Miriam
Odem ba.
Creative Director
Shawn Strahan
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