{"id":48238,"date":"2022-10-06T07:17:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T05:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/feline-models-to-host-local-competition-20221005\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:36:44","slug":"feline-models-to-host-local-competition-20221005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/feline-models-to-host-local-competition-20221005\/","title":{"rendered":"Feline Models to host local competition to identify new talent for national levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local modelling agency, Feline Models, founded by Philene van Niekerk, will host a model of the year competition for Kouga areas to identify new talent for national levels, on November 19, in Jeffreys Bay. <\/p>\n<p>According to Van Niekerk, the local winners aged from three to 27, will be given an opportunity to work with the internationally registered modelling director of Pageant SA and compete nationally in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cModels who compete and win the national competition will be given the opportunity and support to compete internationally,\u201d Van Niekerk said.<\/p>\n<p>During the model of the year competition, there will be an elite set of judges, namely former agency model, Beverley Anne Page from Fanjam, Pulse Management and Boss Models, Councillor Bryan Dhludhlu, who has been part of local charity fashion shows and has assisted with training the male models for the show, and Chemoney Swanepoel, who was Miss Teen Eastern Cape 2020, Miss Teen Grand Supreme, Runway 2021 winner and Miss Talent Africa 2020. <\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_82b10eef\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feline Models to host local competition\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/7335\/ae1558f344d14d3ba74c33e55981f3ed.jpg\" 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