Uyanda Mbuli

South African Style Icon and Owner of Diamond Face Couture 'DFC' Uyanda Mbuli is a household name in African fashion.  Her flagship boutique store at The Zone Shopping centre in Rosebank, Johannesburg, is a favourite shopping destination for SA's fashionistas.

This influential South African woman, who as a teenager won a number of beauty titles, became the first black women to be crowned Mrs Globe South Africa in 2005.   Amongst the many style accolades Uyanda has received include being crowned the gSports Style Star Winner in 2009, and being selected as one of the 2010 COSMOPOLITAN Magazine’s Fun and Fearless Females.  Uyanda manages a social diary in PEOPLE Magazine called “The Fabulous Circle” – where readers can catch up with her social life.

Other media highlights include:

• Presenting and anchoring African Giants on SABC2
• Competing on Season IV of Strictly Come Dancing on SABC2
• Acting on the SABC1 drama series Tshisa, as Nomonde
• Hosting in-depth interviews with the Cast & Production Team of Tsotsi during the celebration of the 2006 Oscar victory for best foreign film
• Hosting Red Carpet interviews at the KORA All Music Awards (the biggest Music Awards show in Africa with over 4 billion viewers throughout Africa & Europe)
• Covering the 2006 Daytime Emmys in Hollywood on behalf of the South African Broadcasting Corporation
• Featuring on the independent musical comedy, Underground Music.

Uyanda regularly features on international celebrity wire networks along big names such as Paris Hilton, Kanye West, Victoria Beckham & Kimora Lee Simmons, to mention but a few. She was featured on American Television shows including Fashion TV Red Carpet coverage during the 2006 Spring New York Fashion Week, Extra Television, the Steve Harvey Breakfast Show Live & BET J.