Fashion TV’s SA winner set for Cannes Festival
A 19-year-old Johannesburg model, Gina Athanassiou, has won the South African leg of the Fashion TV fashion model awards for 2004 and her triumph could put her on the road to an international film career. Part of her prize includes a trip to the Cannes Film Festival from May 18 to 24.
Fashion TV, the only international channel dedicated to fashion which reaches more than 500 million viewers in 132 countries, will also host the top SA model and other winners from around the world at the Monaco Grand Prix. .
"Fashion TV is looking on all five continents for models who want to become movie stars," says Jan Malan, convener of the SA judging panel which chose Athanassiou in the SA finals at Cavendish Square, Cape Town, on Saturday night (April 24).
"All 20 models who made it into the South African show will get international exposure. The show will be aired extensively on Fashion TV. The 20 contestants will also get a screen test for Egoli, the popular MNet production, with Athanassiou being featured in a cameo role in an Egoli episode."
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