Nardos is a 19-year-old student from Ethiopia. Her favourite musician is Beyonce Knowles and her favourite movie is The Matrix. Inspired by her family and friends, Nardos has loved traveling during the Face of Africa competition.
If she weren’t a model, she would love to be an engineer. Nardos says aspiring models should enter Face of Africa to gain modeling experience. She lists her favourite actress as Oprah Winfrey “because she has a strong personality” and says the best thing about Africa is the people, food and cultural dances.
Roseanna Hall
Zimbabwean Roseanna from Harare loves pizza and Toblerone and lists her favourite books as “Pride and Prejudice” and “Things Fall Apart”. Her first-ever sighting of the sea during Face of Africa Boot Camp instantly made Mombasa’s beach her favourite place in Africa.
To Roseanna, the best thing about Africa is that “we are all so different and diverse but we can come together like old friends”. She says the best thing about Face of Africa is the fact that she gets to travel and see beautiful places she never even knew existed. “I also get to model on a more professional level, which is my dream,” she says.
To relax, Roseanna listens to Kanye West and walks around her neighbourhood to clear her mind (*
me too*).
Thembi KobediSouth African finalist Thembi is 22-years-old and is currently studying Electrical Engineering. She loves chicken and seafood and her favourite book is “The Secret”.
Her role model is Lerato Moloi because “she is a hard worker, a very calm person and she is also a lady and very respectful”. Thembi’s life has been influenced most by her mother “because she taught me how to be strong and never give up - and she is very successful”.
Thembi says the best thing about Face of Africa is learning about modeling and meeting different kinds of people like Josie Boraine. To relax, Thembi watches movies, listens to classical music, reading and “a little bit of exercise”.
If Thembi hadn’t been presented with the opportunity to model, she would love to become an engineer (*
not me too - would much rather be a detective*).
Tholakele Dlamini23-year-old Tholakele from Harare, Zimbabwe is the oldest Face of Africa 2010 finalist. The Harare-born model enjoys the music of Enrique, Ciara, Ashanti and Donnie McClurkin and enjoys animated movies - as her two favourites, Madagascar and The Lion King, show.
Her favourite place in Africa is Zimbabwe and she says the best thing about Africa is that “it is beautiful, unique and has natural wonders”. Tholakele lists her mother as her role model because “she is the one who helped me develop a character and taught me to embrace life because you only live it once”.
She would love to be a food technologist, because of “the way you can get creative with food”. The best advice she ever received as “appreciate the way God made you and treat everyone the way you would want them to treat you”.
Her best Face of Africa experience to date was working with photographer Josie Boraine and she says that aspiring models should enter the competition because there is alot to learn.
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Kaone on the catwalk - when she won FOA