Jo-Ann Strauss
Jo-Ann Strauss | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss |
| Occupation | Media Personality/Model |
| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Website | http://www.joannstrauss.com/ |
Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss (born February 3 1981 in Cape Town) is a South African model, public speaker and businesswoman. In 2000, she represented her country as Miss South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico as well as at the Miss World pageant hosted at Sun City in her home country in 2001.[1].
Career
Strauss obtained her bachelors degree at the University of Stellenbosch. During her reigning year as Miss South Africa, she started her media career with the Afrikaans magazine programme Pasella before anchoring the English lifestyle magazine show Top Billing, for which she has interview the likes of Charlize Theron, Antonio Banderas and George Clooney. She has featured as a cover girl for many South African magazines[2].
In 2010, Jo-Ann presented the opening ceremony for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa for the German television network ZDF along with Thomas Gottschalk in a live broadcast from Johannesburg on June 10[3].
Social Projects
In 2008, Jo-Ann spearheaded the Princess Project[4] to give deserving young ladies the chance to go to their “Matric Balls” or “Proms” in designer dresses previously owned by South Africa’s top celebrities. The idea behind her initiative was born of the fact that she herself went to her Matric Dance in a “previously-loved” designer dress which she bought with her mom at a second-hand store.
Jo-Ann is one of South Africa’s most respected media personalities and uses her profile and influence to help various initiatives. Her Princess Project has been supported by many South African and now international stars and has given dresses to over 80 young ladies thus far with the help of SA’s top magazines YOU, Huisgenoot and Drum as well as Top Billing.
She is partnering with the International Fashion Sale in 2010 and will be reaching even more deserving young ladies in SA. Similar initiatives exist around the world, enabling young girls to feel like modern princesses.
Awards and Achievements
- Awarded the Duku Duku-Award for style
- Crowned Miss South Africa 2000.
References
External Links
- Official Web Site
- Abridged German version in PDF-format (178 KB)
- Jo-Ann Strauss at IMDb
- [www.youtube.com/user/princessprojectza The Princess Project Youtube channel]
- [www.internationalfashionsale.co.za International Fashion Sale]
- Top Billing Official Web Site