Bio
Qiniso Van Damme is a South African model and television personality best known for being the bachelorette on the first season of the M-Net dating game show The Bachelorette South Africa.
Born to a Belgian father and a South African mother, she holds an Honours in Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town.
She featured in several big-brand advertising campaigns before being cast as one of the bachelorettes wooing bachelor Marc Buckner on the second season of the M-Net dating game show The Bachelor South Africa, in early 2020.
Later that year she was announced as the bachelorette in the first season of The Bachelorette South Africa, which debuted on M-Net in January 2021.
Qiniso is fluent in four languages: English, isiZulu, isiSwati and IsiXhosa. She is the younger sister of politician Phumzile Van Damme.