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LGBTQ+ HERO: RUDY'S STORY

QUEEN D

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P1. EDITORS NOTE P2. FLOW G P5. SIDENT P6. JEAN CAMPAIGN P8. LILO BERGH P10. PAUL MOTSIPA P13. RUDY'S STORY P18. MODEL: NATASHA P22. SLAYDLOZI P25. EXAUCEE BANZA P32. PRECIOUS (INTERVIEW) P42. BOBO SWAY (INTERVIEW) P47. LUBELIHLE (INTERVIEW) P58. COVER GIRL: QUEEN D

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editor's note Hey good people firstly I would like to wish myself a happy birthday on the 2nd of April, for the first time in my life my birthday is on Good Friday.

As I grow a little older so does my work, it is still surprising that I create this beautiful magazine alone.

We are trying to shift from sharing peoples biographies to interviewing everyone in our magazine, So what does that mean for people who are Not in Johannesburg, it means we will do the interviews on WhatsApp or Instagram. For people in Johannesburg you will have to come to our studio in Soweto for a Video interview which we will turn into text for our magazine.

In this issue we did 4 interviews, we hope you enjoy this issue and please let us know what you think or feel on social media.

Monate EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Age: 18 Location: Mmadinare Music style: Hip Hop : Amapiano : Afro - tech : Commercial : HOUSE MUSIC Influences: Yung Backies >Kay kronick >BuruMaan Where have you performed before? >Mmadinare Senior Secondary School >Makhandlela Club Current Residencies: Selibe Hotel Special Event's >Miss Inspirational Selibe - Phikwe How long have you been an Artist?

3 years.

Artists and Mc’s played alongside: BuruMaan,Kay Kronick,P onic Monk D, Lee denamic, 4four 2five, Mc Prima Nights available for work: any Additional comments: The entire entertainment is simply fabulous. Flow G in particular is Good and very responsive. (Public liability) He is a joy to work with.

The music is phenomenal and great as well

Minimum fee: P 4500

Contact;72741479/74522898 Email; mogaeessup1@gmail.com

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Flow G

MEET:

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Biography I’m Thabo Essup Mogae ,a young man of 18 years old, Known as Flow G, from Botswana in a small village Mmadinare, I’m an upcoming rapper: I’m a song writer also, I completed my BGCSE In 2019 ,I do music, since I joined the music industry I worked with BuruMaan,kay kronick ,P onic, Yung Backies to mention few, I’m a hardworking young man who like working with others and a like to help other people when they need help. I want to work with artists who made it.

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Facebook :Thabo Essup Mogae Facebook page :Flow G Instagram:flowgbw

Sident Siphesihle Clarence Mdlalose (was born 8 April

2003)

professionally

known

as

Sident, a South African Hip hop artist and songwriter

from

Krugersdorp.

He

started

rapping at the age of 7. He released his first

single

on

the

14th

of

January

2020

called "Never lose hope". He is a student in Jan De Klerk. On the 8th of June 2020 he released a video rapping on Instagram in

which

got

a

lot

of

engagements

including the likes of Gigi Cesare, Wendy Mbatha,

etc.

Conceited Wild artist

ń

which

out

has

He he

cast's

on

recognised

gets

dm.

caught

celebrities

is

the

himself

The eyes

by

in

the

independent of

Instagram.

a He

lot

of

once

freestyled on Mvelo Makhanya's Instagram live and the actress was impressed by him to

a

point

she

followed

him.

Sident

is

making big moves and his fans await the artist's next song.

To

check

out

more

about

Sident

you

can

get him on these social media:

Instagram: @sident_rsa Twitter: @sident_rsa Tik tok: @sident_rsa YouTube: @sident_rsa

To check out his song it's on every music platform. It is "Never lose hope" by Sident

Jean campaign If I were to ask 10 people what is a Jean. Out of 10 people probably 5/10 would have different answers whereas others will not say anything. I am Siphosethu Campbell better known as Mister Meneer from my view I'd define a jean as an historical part of clothing that has always been part of fashion and more jeans are being made as creatives and fashion designers are coming up with new inventions. Here's the dictionary meaning of a jean quoted from Oxford: “Heavy twilled cotton cloth, especially denim."

Jeans are a type of pants or trousers, typically made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term "jeans" refers to a particular style of trousers, called "blue jeans”, which were invented by Jacob W.Davis in partnership with Levi Strauss & Co. in 1871. There are many types of jeans but I'll mention a few with their description. Firstly is Straight-leg jeans which are jeans that appear to have a straight up-and-down fit through the entire leg. Secondly is the one of the most loved type of jean which is the Skinny jeans which are cut to be tight fitting throughout the leg. Thirdly the high-rise jean also known as high-waist jeans, they sit at your natural waist around your belly button.

I Siphosethu Campbell came up with the idea of giving some information and an entire photoshoot based on a jean. The outfit consists of a jean shirt, Levi Strauss jean and shoes detailed with jean and as a prop for the shoot I included mini shoes exactly like the ones I'm wearing in the shoot (Isn’t that a bit of creativity). I just wanted to express the love I have for jeans because the history of jeans is passed on from one generation to the other and jeans are trousers that 90% of people's closet I'm sure we can find. There are so many ways of how one can rock a jean and jeans are comfortable, durable and stylish.

Concluding this content I'd say that as everything has pros and cons, jeans have more advantages than disadvantages which are a significant thing you know. The jean industry is growing everyday which brings more job opportunities once again a positive thing.

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Lilo's work

PHOTOGRAPHER Lillo Bergh is a #naturallightphotographer who seeks the light in the darkest places. He works as a video editor and motion graphics designer by day but has been photographing since 2012 when he learned he could use a camera, all by mistake.

His favourite is event photography and portraiture. With a combination of a digital camera and vintage lenses, Lillo finds his signature look.

His locations are unconventional and he loves walking with his models to find outdoor locations. @el_fuegouno

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To see more of his work follow him:

@el_fuegouno

Hiding in a dark spot with Pam King @thepimpamzee_ her freedom echoed throughout the underground parking of a Sandton Block of flats.

Photographer: @El_fuegouno

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PAUL motsipa Paul

Malebo

Motsipa

is

a

Model,

Photographer,

Student

and

Entrepreneur. He was born in Sasolburg. He grew up at there and attend primary at Neo Primary School then moved to Malakabeng Intermediate attended for

School

Katleho

modeling

model

from

to

a

Mpumelelo

started.

a

do

very

"I

grade

there.

Secondary

also

young

7

age

knew but

I

I

For

School

wanted

was

very

secondary

where

to shy

be

his

a

and

he

love

fashion

thought

I

couldn't make it in stage". In 2016 I entered the first pageant, I didn't

make

it

but

it

was

a

great

experience

for

me

because

I

saw that I can be able to on stage in front of many people.

In 2018 I actually did what I love which is to be a fashion model. I joined

Vrega

Times

Agency

in

Vanderbiljpark.

I

managed

to

be

on their fashion show and be a cover of Vrega Times Magazine.

After the magazine and fashion show many Models came to me from

my

hood

wanting

to

join

Vrega

Times

Agency

but

they

all

complaining about transport money to Vanderbiljpark.

I

decided

to

start

my

own

agency

in

Sasolburg

Paul

Creatives

Projects Pty LTD since well I was already experienced and I was a commercial subject’s learner at school so I believed I knew how to run a business.

The

agency

has

been

a

success

since

it

started;

there

were

potholes when we started but I had a team who was passionate and

believed

in

me.

I

always

hired

a

photographer

for

every

photoshoot which I was paying per hour. I saw that I need to be a

photographer

myself

to

cut

out

the

costs,

today

I'm

proud

to

call myself the best self-taught photographer.

Towards the end of 2020 opened another business venture LP Picnics. I met Leepile my former classmate when I came back from buying equipment and she asked me where I bought them because she wants to open Picnics Company but she wants a partner then we decided to join forces and take a partnership. I wanted to open a big catering

company

then

I

realized

it

needs

more

funding

which

I

don't

have.

We

started

with

couples

picnic,

birthday celebrations and baby showers. Since day one we have been getting so much support and I thank the people of Sasolburg for showing us so much love as young entrepreneurs.

My weakness is that I'm the commercial Law at Stadio Private Institution via distance learning. I made a timetable to study at home but it is hard to stick to it every day as sometimes we got clients during the week. So I have to compromise my studies to attend the client and later when I come I must study before I sleep.

personal details Name: Paul Malebo Surname: Motsipa Age: 22 Gender: Male Height: 1.7 Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Black Shoe Size: 6 Pant Size: 28 Shirt Size: Small

Social Media Facebook: Malebo Motsipa Facebook Pages: Paul Creatives LP Picnics Instagram: @paulcreatives

LGBTQ+ HERO: RUDY'S STORY My name is Rudy Bessit and I’m a 38 year old colored male residing in the Westrand of Johannesburg. Until recently I used to identify as either gay or Bi, though I never felt completely comfortable with either, I now feel more like a non-binary gender fluid type of person.

I just recently, from the end of December 2020, got to know and understand the true me. I always knew I was different and I was vocal about it and because of it I had a nightmarish childhood. My mother never tried to hide how much she hated the person I was. She told me to my face that she could not stand me. I was often compared to my father whom passed away when I was 3 years old. My mother told me that my dad was turning in his grave at me. She often stated how she wished that she could drop me off very far away at random strangers and send them money every month so that she never ever had to see me again. I could never stop loving my mother though I prayed about it, asking God to help me stop loving my mom because what she was doing to me did not hurt as much as the pain from the fact that someone that I loved so much would do what my mom was doing to me.

Depending on my mom’s mood I’d be allowed to sit on her couches or not, speak or not, select songs to play or not, be part of a conversation or not... my mom would often beat me till I would have my mouth and or nose bleeding. On top of it all I had been raped since the age of 4 by multiple men of which some were boyfriends of my mom’s and later on became a self-diagnosed sex addict and got involved with drugs.

The thing is, I managed to suppress most of these events from my memory and started getting flashbacks bit by bit in 2015, and prior to that it was as if these events never took place. Since December 2020 I’ve been getting flashbacks that’s polishing everything for me... the finer details to these events. I now remember the very first time I was raped and where it happened.

As a child I felt more than just gay, I was a boy and a girl. My mom, siblings and people around me disliked me and at some point I too started hating me. I became suicidal at the age of 6 and luckily I had 1 boy cousin whom I was very close with. I would tell him when I was abused physically at home and when I was raped and when my mom would declare her “hate” for me and I would tell him that I was considering suicide and he would talk me out of it. He was only a few years older than I, but I honestly can’t say what would have become of me if it was not for my cousin, very playful, but the wisdom he shared with me...

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RUDY'S STORY

My mom took me to a witch doctor to try and change me and I can recall volunteering for these sessions with the sangoma coz at that stage all I wanted was to be a normal straight man and I was willing to try anything.

Mom found out about her boyfriend’s raping me and not once did we go to the police, instead I got beaten up for it and told that I’d have AIDS before I turned 20years old, if I’d make to 20. She also trained me to forget the incidents by residing “forget” every time I would think of what happened. My mother always reminded me that I should finish my schooling quick so that I could go work and leave. She would tell me that I should do so well that I would be passed a grade higher in order to finish my schooling even quicker.

I dreamt of becoming an entertainer and I was told that I could never be. It was always hard choosing a career path and I could never understand why until I realized that it’s because THEY made me eliminate the 1one thing I really want, from my options. I realized this in 2012 and started to take action towards pursuing my dreams. I’ve since scripted a one man comedic stage production in which I portray 4 different characters. The main character which is a straight female, I portray during motivational speaking gigs based on the book I published in 2018. I wrote the book in 2017, but since completion of the book I’ve had so much more flashbacks that I’m working on a second book. I’ve also done standup comedy and MC gigs as my alter ego...this was until December when I realized that this character was actually that little girl in me I had to leave behind in my childhood. I’ve decided that I’ve endured too much pain and suffering to still reject a part of me that would always be part of me.

My flashbacks allowed me to deal with so much about myself that I didn’t even realize needed my attention. My unexplained short fuse and anger is explained. This was such an eye opener to me that no one is who they are just because and that everything is influenced by something. My recent flashbacks just made me grasp the importance of being myself at all times. I’ve been estranged from my family for the last 3 years and now realizing that I never really had a family though in my mind, in my reality I manipulated myself into believing that I was from a very loving family as a mechanism to cope. You cannot fix yourself if you don’t know what’s broken and you won’t know what’s broken if you keep avoiding the issue by means of alcohol, sex, drugs, gambling, etcetera.

I want to use my story to raise awareness and to motivate and encourage someone out there. My long term goal is to create platforms and engage with existing platforms to speak and let others speak and share their experiences. I want to get involved with the LGBTQ+ organizations and do my part.

I herewith reach out to you to publish my story and also to point me in a direction where I could offer my services wherever I could be used to assist around LGBTQ+ and rape issues.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

REGARDS RUDY&RUDEYBAH-LEE 0787490988

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MODEL

Natasha Nghonyama Age: 20 years Location: Midrand I'm a student at MSC Business College in Midrand, I'm doing my second year. I've been in the modeling industry for 3 years now. I was a TY3 clothing Brand Ambassador last year and they never had money to pay me since we were strictly on lockdown I would love to see myself achieving my goal by having my own agency.

Social media handles Fb: @Tasha Ladydee IG: @tasha_ladydee23

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MODEL

SlayDlozi Name: Sthandwa Thandi Given Gama Location: I'm from Orange farm but mostly spend time at Pretoria due to school hustles I am well known as SlayDlozi due to my traditional healing calling as a practicing sangoma, I am a female militia who is a quantity surveyor by profession and qualified btech construction graduate from Tshwane university of Technology. I am an Author of an anthology book called within my shoes and featured Author on a book called tapping into poetry book. I am a model and public figure, I’ve won miss starlight 2019 crowned, became too 25 of miss Gauteng exclusive 2018, became part of miss Bitcheilgh 2019 she later started my own brand called SlayDlozi where I manufacture printed t shirt and embroidery hats. I am a founder of a company called loction kasi which deals with events and entertainment more of music and modeling to empower teenage mothers. SlayDlozi is a recording artist which is still new in the music industry yet looking up to grow and I'm now looking forward to engage myself into challenges of new industries such as acting as I'm more reserved but talkative and fun to be around person though I also respect my me time. I believe that hard work pays off.

Follow me on Instagram @SlayDlozi Gogo Nyoniyezulu Face Book: Slaydlozi Mkhulu Gwebevu

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EXAUCÉE BANZA

AFRICAN BEAUTY QUEEN Miss African Beauty 2020/2021

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My name is Exaucée Banza. I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I moved to South Africa at the age of 5. I started Primary School here and moved to High school wherein

I

matriculated

distinction.

I'm

with

a

Bachelor's

degree

studying

Food

currently

and

one

service

management at the Vaal University of Technology.

Modeling has always been more than a career to me. It is a passion, a first love, something that I fully associate with.

Growing up, I was immensely teased about my dark skin; I was

always

shattered

belittled

me

and

by

my

something

self-love

I

couldn't

disappeared.

change.

With

This

time,

I

learnt that you can never go anywhere if you let people's opinions about you shape how you live your life. I decided to

use

those

nasty

remarks

as

an

encouragement

in

my

modeling career by joining pageants.

In 2020 I entered for Miss African Beauty Queen 2020/21 and I won the beauty pageant. This pageant has given me the platform to not only showcase my skills, knowledge and talents

but

to

also

grow,

find

my

other

capabilities

and

stop limiting myself. After winning the pageant I got signed into African Beauty Models Agency which is under African Beauty

Projects.

What

I

love

about

these

organisations

is

that they empower the African Youth to follow their hearts, to

evolve

in

the

mind,

to

showcase

their

talents

and

to

make a change in their communities.

I

love

both

pageants

and

runways

(fashion

shows)

and

I

can partake in both.

I

stand

to

encourage

every

individual

who

has

been

belittled about something to use their love and passion to show

people

that

they

are

more

than

what

they

belittle

them about. They are capable of doing so much, they are worth

the

respect,

love

and

politeness

regardless

of

the

shade of their skin colour, their hair type or anything else. I stand

to

motivate

the

same

individuals

to

continue

being

themselves despite what they tease you about. Always be yourself because no one can ever be you. If you do change yourself

to

impress

people

then

what

happens

to

the

actual version of you that people close to you loved, cared for and could associate with.

We

are

African

all

beautiful

Beauty

or

Projects

beyond borders.

handsome we

believe

in

our

that

uniqueness.

African

beauty

In is

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Facebook: Exaucée Exie Banza Instagram: exaucee_banza

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INTERVIEW WITH PRECIOUS

Who is Precious?

Precious is just a simple girl from ekasi in Soweto, I am 21year old and I am a aspiring Actress and model, I am very kind hearted, I am a simple girl, I am fun and outgoing.

Who have you worked with so far?

I have worked with Tiisetso, a man from bluetears images he owns a photo studio.

What difficulties have you came across as an aspiring model?

The difficulties I have come across is whereby a photographer would want a model to pay, you know, for example the is a brand that likes to work with me, instead of them paying me, they would want me to pay them, that is what my previous photographer use to do but I won't mention names, but yes he wanted me to pay to be part of the brand which was so confusing.

Is modeling and acting what you always wanted to do growing up?

Yes, I am in love with the camera, I am very comfortable and I just like the spotlight and the flickering of the lights on my face.

If you had a choice to work with any brand or any photographer, who would you like to work with?

Honestly I would like to work with Mr Price and Monate Shots, he is very good, trust me he is very good.

Monate Shots: Thank you.

Where do you see yourself in 5years time and what steps do you think you have to take to see yourself there?

I see myself on huge billboards advertising lingerie and swimwear.

The steps I would have to take are research and audition.

Once you have made it in your modelling/acting career, how would you give back to the community?

I would open an organisation which will protect models because in this industry you can't make it without connections, as we all know some agents and photographer want you to sleep with them for exposure and stuff so with my organisation when you join we would actually protect you from such.

Where can people follow you?

IG: @ilovepresh Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/precious.pretty.

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INTERVIEW WITH BOBO SWAY

Who is Bobo Sway?

Sway is an artist, a rapper, entrepreneur, hustlerpreneur an overall creative just trying to live his best live.

Do you believe you can make a living from your music only?

Honestly no and I will say why? You need to have multiple streams of income especially now during the Covid pandemic, it showed up that not only should you focus on stream or if your music is being sold, gig money, like have other legit avenues outside of your music, so personally, Nah. Since well you spoke about the Covid pandemic, in your own words when do you think it will end?

I think with Covid 19 is just the introductory of what's about to come, I won't speak deep but the pandemic itself of Covid 19 being the flu might end but that doesn't mean pandemics as a whole will end, so this is just the first of something new and it is something that humans really need to adjust too, but Covid itself don't worry so Vala amachannel, it's going to end.

What advice would you give to young people who want to be in the entertainment industry?

Check out Bobo Sway’s answer here: https://fb.watch/4BzFYsHKy_/

You have an album out, called Rookie Season, this album which is your favourite song and why?

As much as I love all the songs, I really like the song which is number 9 on the album: "Opportunity of a lifetime".

I think it is self-explanatory but the reason why I like it is because the song was divided into three verses, so I got to take literally 3 segments of my life and put it together, in the first verse I took a segment from when I was outside in Seaview KZN and I was just remembering what was happening in my life. The second verse was about the group I was in, in high school and the music we made back then, like honouring that click. The third verse was basically me right now as an entrepreneur, as a hustlerpreneur ekasi Lami (my Hood).

I decided to take those 3 segments and put them together and call it opportunity of a lifetime because as the chorus says: “all I can do now is grind because I know that I will shine". I got the words twisted but yes Opportunity of a lifetime.

As someone who is trying to crack it into the music industry, do you feel they are enough opportunities for upcoming Artists in South Africa?

Honestly I do, but the way it is being shown, I will give you an example, now because we live in a digital age, things like talent searches were A’s an R’s actually had to go to the club's or go out into the streets to find new talent, we can simply post a video on social media and hope for it to trend or hope someone in the industry will retweet, comment, acknowledge or notice us.

The opportunities may not be there as much even though my answer was they are there, if they not there, I had to like look at the game or I had to say if the is no opportunity or way, I had to make or create my own opportunity, that how I felt is game right now.

The is a lot of exploitation going on in the entertainment industry, were you find artists having to pay to be part of a gig, you find models having to pay to be part of a gig or models having to pay to be brand ambassador for a certain brand, what is your opinion on this topic?

I will explain it from both view, starting with the artists view, payola is f****d up, that R100 you paying,

you

are

assuming

that

you

are

investigating into that short time future, by short time I mean end of the night or the next morning when you will be compensated for the event because you put in something.

From a business view, I think business are just tired of losing money, because maybe this person has the face, but maybe the person doesn't know how to bring in the numbers. So the way the business is looking at it is, if this person can pay for their own entrance and if things do work out, we

Where can people following you or get your music?

Facebook: Official Bobo Sway IG: @bobo_sway Twitter: @bobo_sway TikTok: @bobo_sway

recoup as a business and compensate the person, but if it is a loss it is not going to be on our end because either way this person needs to come on this platform.

It is messed up from both ends because talent is now taken out of the window, it is now about numbers and what value can you bring to the event, but what about that person who doesn't have that money, what about that person who traveledfrom a rural area to come to the event, that's where I feel as if the exploitation is kind of unfair, for myself as an artist, when you looking at from a business view you can see that the business only cares about the logistics and analytics.

You can get my music on all music app stores.

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INTERVIEW WITH LUBELIHLE

Who is Lubelihle?

She is a girl who grow up in a rural area in Zimbabwe, I can here to finish my studies in architecture, but then I realised I had the talent of being a model, so I decided to pageants in Capetown, since then, I think I have been doing great.

Which pageants have you entered this year?

I have not competed in any pageants yet this year but I have entered Miss Eloquence South Africa and I also entered Face of Nemash Capetown which is going to be on the 27th of April, but I am looking forward to entering more pageants this year.

What do you think makes a model?

I think what makes a model is being the real you, being honest with people around you and helping each other, maybe helping the needy outside, that's what makes a model, because if you are a model you can't just be thinking about yourself, you have to think about somebody out there who is looking up to you, who wants to be like you, so you have to give them a good example of being a successful model.

What is your perception of beauty?

My perception of beauty is, you don't have to be beautiful outside, so people can say she is beautiful, no. You have to be beautiful inside, you have to be a giver, you have to be a good person, that's what makes us Beautiful as people.

Since well you have done modelling in Capetown and Johannesburg, how is the modelling industry in both places?

In Capetown I think I faced most difficulties because most of my family is here in Johannesburg, therefore I don't not have much support in Capetown, but here in Johannesburg I know a lot of people even most people from my Country are here, so I think for me the modelling industry is easy here in Johannesburg with the support.

What advice would you give to young girls out there who want to be models?

Check out Lubelihle's answer here: https://fb.watch/4BEBSdps3i/ What do you want people to know about Lubelihle, which you think people do not know?

When I started modelling, I wasn't that person who can ask help from someone, I would struggle to get my registration fee, so that I can pay for a pageant, but now as a model I have learnt that it is ok to ask for help, it's ok to go to someone and say I have half the money and I need R150 to pay my registration fee, I am able to say ok can you help me with this and I will help you with this, before I use to be private, I didn't want people to know what I am lacking with or what I don't have, that's what people don't know about me.

Where can people follow you and how can people support you?

Facebook: Kathy Nyathi IG: Catherine 7018 Twitter: Catherine Nyathi

I Monate have personally notice that models have side hustles or career related to modelling, so what do you do besides modelling?

This year I started learning how to do nails, I want to be a nail technician and a makeup artist, I want to do that so I can help other models who

Please vote for me here https://pageantvoteafrica.onl ine/pageants/405/contestant s/3861

cannot pay for makeup or do nails, or hair, so I want to do that for them at a cheaper price.

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INTERVIEW WITH QUEEN D

Who is Dudu, a.k.a Queen D? My name is Duduzile Nyatthi, I am a model, actress and a musician, and I sing Amapiano, Afropop and Qgom music.

As a freelance model, how do you get gigs?

There are modelling and acting groups where all the agencies are there, so they just post work and if you interested you respond.

There many scam artists out there, so how do you protect yourself as a freelancer?

What I can say is whenever you get a post, you supposed to ask around, ask people, other models and actors, ask them if they know the person and how is the person paying?

If the is a young lady out there who wants to be where you are today, what steps can she take or follow to get there?

She should just look for an agency and that agency will teach her how to do modelling and everything.

What are your goals or plans for the rest of 2021?

This year I just wish I can get a role on one of our local soapies, because I was one a prostitute on Isidigo until it went off air, so now I am looking for another role and I also want my music to sell so that I will have money and become famous.

Where can people follow you?

Dudu Nyatthi, on all social platforms.

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