Fezile Thanda Mkhize | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Cape Town |
Occupations | |
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Mister Supranational 2024 Mister World Africa 2019 |
Years active | 2019–present |
Major competition(s) | Mister World 2019 (1st Runner-up) Mister Supranational South Africa 2024 (Winner) Mister Supranational 2024 (Winner) |
Fezile Thanda Mkhize (born 8 March 1991) is a South African actor, doctor, model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Mister Supranational 2024 on July 4, 2024, in Poland. [1] [2] He became the first South African, the first African and consequently the first Black winner of the Mister Supranational pageant. [3] [4] [5]
Fezile was previously crowned as the first runner-up at the Mister World 2019 pageant, held on August 23, 2019, in the Philippines where he also won the continental title of Mister World Africa 2019. [6] [7]
Fezile, the second of three children, was born in Oslo Beach, a village on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. He grew up in a small town called Gamalakhe after his father died when Fezile was four years old. His mother, MaShusha Mkhize, a teacher, raised him and his two siblings.
Fezile is a doctor by profession, specializing in cardiothoracic surgery. He studied at the University of Cape Town. He is also an actor known for his roles in the South African romantic comedy television series Yoh! Christmas , which premiered on Netflix, and the soap opera Generations: The Legacy . [8] [9] [10]
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