Claire Mawisa - Presenter, Model and Radio Celebrity - Johannesburg

After signing with Topco Models, they decided to enter Claire into the prestigious model competition, Cosmopolitan Model of the Year 1994, to get some idea of what the industry was like.

The novice model achieved the unthinkable and went on to win the competition at the age of just 15 years old, beating professional and established models.

She became the youngest and the second black South African beauty to be featured on the cover of the local Cosmopolitan magazine.

Claire Mawisa

Claire Mawisa is a South African television presenter, model and radio personality best known for being an SABC1 continuity presenter (1999-2001), as well as for co-hosting the SABC1's music variety show One, from 2002-2003.

This native of Gugulethu, Cape Town, needs almost no introduction. A successful modelling career and numerous TV jobs have made Claire Mawisa one of the most recognisable faces in Mzansi.

Born in Cape Town, Mawisa spent her early years living in Gugulethu. Living with her mother and older brother, her family settled in Kenilworth, Cape Town, when she was five, that’s where they lived until she eventually left Cape Town for Johannesburg many years later.

She co-hosted ‘Live and Dangerous’ with Phat Joe, Yfm’s Breakfast Show; co-hosted Miss SA Teen 2000 and 2001 with Michael Mol; won a Duku Duku award, became the Team Leader for SABC1 presenters, and the preferred choice for a female MC during her 2 year stint as a Simunye presenter.

Claire Mawisa

After leaving SABC1 in 2001, she moved to England for a year, where she worked at mega retail entertainment leader HMV.

Returning to South Africa in 2002, she became the anchor presenter, with Bianca Le Grange and Masello Motana, for SABC1’s flagship music show One, and became more involved with radio.

She joined Metro Fm, South Africa’s largest English urban radio station as a DJ for the Smirnoff Experience Dance Mix Show and as a Lifestyle Team member.
 

TV, radio and magazines are her passion and these are the fields that she has excelled in as well. She is currently at Metro fm as a lifestyle reporter and has worked at SABC2 as a promo producer.

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Claire Mawisa - Presenter, Model and Radio Celebrity - Johannesburg