GENERAL MOTORS ENDORSEMENT

In 2007 a lot happened in my life and one of those incredible things was being called by Yolisa Phahle, the head of Channel O, to ask me to be in a Corsa commercial for General Motors as part of the Channel O brand.

Lungsta and I were selected to represent the General Motors brand. A few months after shooting the commercial in Cape Town we were asked to be the official Faces of General Motors.
We signed contracts where General Motors gave us vehicles to keep. I chose a three litre engine SAAB and Lungsta chose a Hummer.

This was all Gods work. I Thank General Motors International for having been part of my journey and I also thank them for providing cars for me to drive all over the world including my Corvette that I drove on my reality show “Nonhle Goes To Hollywood" and providing 30 Chevrolet’s for my VIP guests on my birthday party in 2009.

DARK AND LOVELY ENDORSEMENT

The journey began in 2007 when I was in Los Angeles shooting the O Access show for Channel O. I
received a call from my agent in South Africa asking when I’d be back home because L’Oreal
were looking for a face for their Dark and Lovely Body Lotion and this was my big chance.

I was so excited but there was no way I could leave, as I still had three months
left of shooting O Access in the US. I knew I had no choice but to pass up the Dark and Lovely auditions.

As fate would have it though, three months later I received another call from my agent informing me that
L’Oreal had done numerous auditions around the country and had not found anyone who could
represent the brand. Therefore, they were still willing to meet with me as soon as I arrived back in SA.
So I was over the moon and after finishing my duties as the O Access host I was on a plane back
home, in a rush to meet with L’Oreal.

The meeting was mind blowing! I was asked all sorts of questions and had to submit bikini pictures
without makeup or extensions as they wanted to see my skin and natural hair. After the meeting I
felt confident that I was who they were looking for but when six months went by without a word from them
I started thinking maybe I was not the one.

A few long months later my agent called me to say I was the New Face of Dark and Lovely Body Lotion
which was a new product they were launching in Africa and Europe. I went on my knees and thanked
God for such a blessing, I couldn’t believe it.

A few days later I flew to Cape Town to shoot my Dark and Lovely Body Lotion commercial. It was only
then that I met all the other heads of L’Oreal from France. I went to New York a month
later to meet the American heads of L’Oreal and sign my contract as Global Ambassador of the
brand for three years. I was the first African to ever represent the brand and it was a milestone for the
company as well as me. Furthermore, I was taking over from Kelly Rowland who was an international star
and this proved to me that nothing in this world is impossible.

I really couldn’t believe all this was happening to me. The next thing I was seeing my commercial on
television in the US and at home I was all over buildings and billboards. I was overwhelmed and I'm
forever grateful for such an experience. Dark and Lovely changed my life. It proved to me dreams do
come true. Always keep dreaming....