{"id":47951,"date":"2022-12-01T11:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/jbay-models-shine-at-modelling-event-20221130\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:30:49","slug":"jbay-models-shine-at-modelling-event-20221130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/jbay-models-shine-at-modelling-event-20221130\/","title":{"rendered":"JBay models shine at modelling event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffreys Bay models from the Sophisticate Models agency did exceptionally well when they competed in the Sophisticate Models\u2019 33rd Top Model of the Year event on November 5, at the Boardwalk International Convention Centre in Gqeberha.<\/p>\n<p>At least 108 finalists competed in seven different age categories at the Paris-themed event.<\/p>\n<p>The Jeffrey\u2019s Bay models did extremely well and Gail Brown, owner of Sophisticate Models, was very proud of her Jeffreys Bay models.<\/p>\n<p>The models from Jeffreys Bay who shone at the event included, Zoe Jantjies, who was the overall winner in the junior category ages 7-9, Esther Hendricks, who was the runner-up in the senior category, ages 16 to 22, and Anica van Vreden, who was the senior photographic winner for 2022.<\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_74cd31b6\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Young models\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7830\/1444196ec2054c9eae0e4b5130a7608b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4e30dc664adb4f4fa4c717a96134ee31.jpg\" title=\"Khloe Sharrock, Zoe Jantjies and Minentle Sonzaba.    \" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Khloe Sharrock, Zoe Jantjies and Minentle Sonzaba.    <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" 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