Glamour Women Of The Year 2018
GLAMOUR South Africa|December 2018 - January 2019

From music and sport, to business and health, we celebrate the women whose diligence and dedication in their respective fields has seen them achieve great individual success while inspiring others to strive for excellence.

Yolisa Mjamba
Glamour Women Of The Year 2018

KEFILWE MABOTE

DIGITAL INFLUENCER

I found my way through following my passion for style and fashion. This organically created itself into a lucrative business. After using Instagram to showcase some of my favourite styled looks, a few friends and family would ask me to style them. This started a wave of new individual clients in my elite styling business which carried through to my social media business, where I partner with brands to produce creative content.

I love Chanel, Prada and Dolce & Gabbana just as much as the next girl, but what I see as success in my own career is the ability to challenge who I was yesterday, to continue to improve my offering and to get to choose what I want to do with my life each day. I know it sounds cliché, but it’s such a privilege to wake up everyday and be able do something that I genuinely love.

KGOTHATSO MONTJAN E

SPORT

What might surprise most people is that I’m not a grass-roots crafted tennis player. I was forced to play tennis by my school teacher at 19; I just picked up a racket, followed instructions and started playing. At first, I would play using both hands: serving with my right, forehand with my left and playing double-handed backhand. Now, it seems impossible to do that again because I can only do everything with one hand.

The most rewarding part of what I do is getting to travel around the world, and learning about different countries and their cultures. I also love meeting new people and learning different languages – even though I still struggle getting the hand of them.

This story is from the December 2018 - January 2019 edition of GLAMOUR South Africa.

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