By making use of the social networking website Facebook.com, Jump Shopping embarked on a quest to find a model for the

Jump Shopping Brand. After three months, hundreds of entries and 2 weeks of voting, Adele Segal was crowned as the Face of Jump Shopping for 2008.

“It was an absolutely crazy phenomenon and we are very happy with the outcome of the competition.” says Albert Bredenhann, Managing Director of Jump Shopping. “Without being 100% sure, we estimate that approximately 40,000 Facebook users were exposed to the competition as fan-groups and emails in support to some of the contestants were created”.

Jump Shopping, South Africa’s biggest online shopping search engine, embraced the internet and the social working behind the internet to grow their online presence. From the hundreds of entries to the competition it was down to the final 30 contestants and two weeks of voting. There were more than 10,000 votes on the Jump Shopping website.

Adele Segal, a beauty therapist from Johannesburg walked away with R5000, a photo shoot and the Title of Face of Jump Shopping for 2008.

“We are still deciding how we would capatilise on the beauty of Adele in order to promote Jump Shopping even further and it all will be revealed soon” says Bredenhann.

Jump Shopping currently has more than 235,000 unique visitors per month according to Google Analytics and approximately 200 South African online stores already joined the Jump Shopping website.

Source: Jump Shipping

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Jena DoverProfile: Jena Dover – actress on e.tv’s Scandal! and the face of Pantene hair products.

This is an interview with one of South Africa’s up and coming actresses. She is set to take the movie world by storm as she matures into new acting roles over time…

Anyway here’s a new interview from The Citizen newspaper…

Faatema Ismael (FI): How important is health and beauty to you?

Jena Dover (JD): I believe beauty and health are very closely linked. Getting enough rest and treating your body with respect are vital.

If you start there it can only enhance the beauty aspect. I get my favourite treatments done once a month.

FI: Most of us have days when we wake up and just don’t feel attractive.

Does this ever happen to you? If so, what do you do to make yourself feel better?

JD: Every day! To feel better, I get my eyebrows tinted and threaded, and give my lashes a quick curl with an eyelash curler.

I feel instantly glamorous.

FI: When you aren’t working or attending events, what is your beauty routine?

JD: I wash my face with a gentle cleanser and moisturiser, a little concealer, mascara and gloss.

I get a blow wave and I’m out the door.

FI: How do you keep in shape?

JD: I work out three times a week with my trainer. Women have to do weights. It’s so important!

FI: Your number one beauty secret is….

JD: Eyebrow threading. It’s an ancient Indian technique and it is by far the best money I spend on myself each month.

No more horrid tweezers.

FI: Best beauty advice you have ever received?

JD: To dab a little shimmer down the centre of my nose for a J-Lo glow. But I call it the J-Do glow!

source: The Citizen, 28 July 2008

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Just Plain Breakfast “Apprentice” Cherese Nolan features in very little more than her birthday suit in the June edition of FHM. Why did the Jacaranda 94.2 weather girl decide to do it? It was a publicity stunt and a dare!

Just Plain Breakfast producer Dean hatched the plan. After some persuasion Cherese, also a part-time belly dancer, capitulated. The shoot took place in March and is featured in the latest FHM edition which is on shelves now. This is what Cherese told Buzz.

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Getting interactive: Tanya van Graan is one of the beauties who appears in a free DVD-Rom, along with three hours of extra features, gadgets and movies, in the August issue of FHM, on sale now

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Law unto herself: Keshiah Frank was discovered by an FHM scout in the Wits University law department. See more of the stunning 22-year-old in the August issue of FHM, on sale now.

Picture: FHM/JURIE POTGIETER

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I was playing pool at Stones in Long Street last week Saturday evening with my friend G, a graphic designer. He was showing me around the infamous Long Street with its endless string of clubs and restaurants. There was a great vibe this Stones unlike the last time in Johannesburg. Anyway here’s a her Miller campaign from about a year or two ago.

Anyway recently she was interviewed on the Von Vodcast….

She has graced our tv screens as a presenter on the 20something show. She has acted in popular local sitcom Egoli and made the FHM sexiest in the world list. Now Shashi talks to Jason von Berg about her modeling agency, drama and what it takes to make it in her industry.

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Crowned FHM Sexiest Woman in South Africa 2008, Tracy McGregor graces the cover of the August issue of the magazine, which comes with a free FHM digital magazine and Tri-Nations fixture list. The issue is on sale now and features more pictures of Tracy.

Picture: NICK BOULTON/FHM

From the FHM website: LADIES AND GENTLEMAN: HERE SHE IS… Tracy McGregor! Officially FHM’s Sexiest Woman in South Africa as voted by our loyal readers. Men! We’ve done well. As you will see by this shoot, she most certainly is hotter than the the tar on the major arterial road going through Timbuktu. And that’s hot. According to one website: The Sahara is one of the hottest places on Earth. Temperatures there may rise to 136 F (57.7 C). Yup, Tracy McGregor is at least that hot. In fact, if you put her in space she could be like another sun. We could have two suns. One called sun and the other called Tracy McGregor, and FHM would suntan naked in her awesome rays!

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Joëlle Kayembe gets her first cover shoot. You almost have to ask what took us so long. She is deservedly gracing our cover as one of South Africa’s most delicious supermodels. She’s so hot that she even gets fan mail from Eugene Terre Blanche. Watch her vids, download her wallpapers and page through her awesome gallery. Buy the mag though to get the full, glossy, tangible effect of Joëlle Kayembe in her full glory!

Don’t forget, you get the FREE FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2008 supplement!

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She’s the one: : The gorgeous Tracey McGregor topped the local poll in FHM magazine’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2008 contest. She was awarded the honour on Thursday at a VIP event in Cape Town.

Picture: Nick Boulton/ Boulton/FHM

The local winner of FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2008 was revealed last night, 15 May, at the FHM party held at Hemisphere in Cape Town. And it was none other than blonde bombshell, Tracy McGregor. The MC for the evening drew up the suspense and Tracy arrived surrounded by bodyguards with her face covered-up. She then revealed herself, said a few words and went on to sign autographs. Tracy walked away with a helluva lot of cash to add to her bank account as well as the title for 2008. Well done to her!

read more on BizCommunity Enterainment blog.

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Start your engines: Johannesburg model Jennifer Petersen poses with a 1960s Morris Minor, one of the 70 vintage models on display at the 60th anniversary celebration of the small British car that won the affection and admiration of a generation of car owners, at the Emerald Casino Resort this month.

Who the heck is this girl? When I first looked at the photo she looked like  Gabriella Davids from Cape Town. So if you know the background story or where I can find more photos of her, post your comment below.

Picture: Nardus Nel, Sunday Times 20 April 2008

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