One might be forgiven for expecting the title-holder of a national pageant, such as Miss South africa,

to be high-maintenance and aloof. Pretoria-born Melinda bam, who was crowned in december

2011, is as far from that as possible: she was both friendly and approachable to everyone she met.

her love of fashion was evident as she discussed her…

VOILA! asked some of our favourite stylists to style two of their best black and white looks. But there was a catch – each stylist had to do their best to stick within a R1000 limit.

This is the result of our style, on a budget, experiment. ...........................................................…

PHOTOGRAPHY STEVE MARAIS   STYLIST JESSICA LUPTON   

HAIR AND MAKE - UP STEPHANIE PAYENDEE   MODELS KELLY AND AKIO AT STAR MODELS…

Photography Patrick Toselli using Hasselblad   /   Styling and Production Leigh Toselli 

Assisted by Kyle Boshoff Hair    /     Make- up Lesley Whitby using M.A.C

Widely talented, highly educated and multi-faceted, South Africa’ s…