Venantia Otto

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Venantia Otto
Born (1987-08-22) August 22, 1987 (age 36)
Windhoek, Namibia
NationalityNamibian
OccupationModel

Venantia Otto (born 1987) is a Namibian fashion model who won the 2006 Face of Africa competition. [1]

Career

Otto was born on October 22, 1987, in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia. In 2006 Otto was voted for and won the South African Sun City competition and later the Face of Africa competition, one of the most important beauty contests of the African continent. She was able to prevail against 6000 other candidates from twelve countries. Besides the Face of Africa title, she also won a cash prize of 10,000 US dollars. This opened up other opportunities for her in the modeling industry. She was offered a 150,000 US dollars three-year modeling contract with the agency Elite Model in New York in the United States of America. Besides modelling, Venantia Otto has also featured on screen sets. She took a lead role in the movie "Nama" by Christoph Ebner, which was presented publicly in Windhoek in April 2008. In May 2008, the film was shown at the International Film Festival in Cannes, France. [2] [3]

In 2013, Otto starred in the movie Honeymoon Hotel alongside a cast that was drawn from different African countries including Ghana and Nigeria. [4]

She has indicated an interest to host a television talk show of her own one day. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ (Mrs.), Margaret Safo (2006-08-19). The Mirror: Issue 2,696 August 19 2006. Graphic Communications Group.
  2. ↑ "18-jährige Namibierin Venantia Otto zum "Gesicht Afrikas" gewählt". Casting-Agentur. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
  3. ↑ FashionModelDirectory.com, The FMD -. "Venantia Otto - Fashion Model | Models | Photos, Editorials & Latest News | The FMD". The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com. Retrieved 2017-11-19.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ "Your Behind-the-Scenes Look at Hlomla Dandala, Beverly Naya, Martha Ankhoma & Elvis Chucks on the Set of "Honeymoon Hotel" - BellaNaija". www.bellanaija.com. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Venantia Otto | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
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