THE winners of the New Faces category at the Durban Fashion Fair (DFF) for 2018 were announced during the recent DFF Recognition Awards evening hosted at the Durban ICC by eThekwini Municipality.
To discover hidden talents that can put Durban on the fashion map as well as ensure that, when it comes to design, Durban is a top contender, the eThekwini Municipality has invested substantial sums in internships, industry related training programmes, networking sessions and various lifestyle and modelling programmes and boot camps. The models, who were scouted throughout the metro were provided with invaluable training prior to the DFF which included runway skills, posing and posture presentation to “model etiquette”.
The DFF 2018 New Faces were chosen based on Facebook and Instagram competitions, their walk, attitude and the way that they carried themselves during their model etiquette training.
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Coming out tops in the men’s category was Ntando Blessing Shandu, (18). “I first noticed the advertisement for the Durban Fashion Fair New Faces in the newspapers and I saw this as the perfect opportunity to open up and expand my modelling career, as modelling is my lifelong dream!” explained Shandu.
Nandile Mkhize was the winner of the women’s category. The 20-year-old is currently upgrading her pass marks at Howard College, while also working as a hostess at Mugg and Bean.
“I believe that participating in the Durban Fashion Fair will enable me to learn more about modelling and help me to not only develop my modelling career but also travel the world. My parents were so happy when they heard the news! The love I got from them was priceless.”
The Programme Manager for the Business Support Tourism and Markets Unit, Sindi Shangase who spearheads the DFF said: “The Durban Fashion Fair is thrilled to have helped these two young people to begin to shape their careers. I cannot wait to see how they bloom and blossom as they move into the future.”
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