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Meet our DFF New Face Winners
Meet our DFF New Face Winners
The winners of the New Faces category at the Durban Fashion Fair for 2018 were announced during the recent DFF Recognition Awards evening hosted at the ICC by the eThekwini Municipality who just celebrated their 20th anniversary of the Durban Business Fair.
These models, who were scouted throughout the greater eThekwini Municipality, have been provided with invaluable training overthe past two months prior to the DFF - from runway skills, posing and posture presentation and photographic editorial techniques to "model etiquette". These are proving the tools that will enable them to reach for their dreams and take full advantage of the opportunity to participate in a high profile fashion show such as the DFF.
Coming out tops in the men's category was Ntando Blessing Shandu, an 18-year-old hailing from Inanda. He is currently attending Ikusasalentsha Secondary School and admitted that trying to balance his school work with rehearsals and fittings was tough, but that didn't stop him from giving the competition his all. This clearly paid off in leaps and bounds.
Nandile Mkhize is the winner of the women's category. She's 20 years old, from KwaMashu and is currently upgrading her pass marks at Howard College, whilst also working as a hostess at Mugg&Bean.
To wrap this up, the Programme Manager for the Business Support Tourism & 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".