Background
Born in Johannesburg, her father is a doctor and her mother a businesswoman.
Born in Johannesburg, her father is a doctor and her mother a businesswoman.
She was raised on a small holding in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg. Crowned Mission South Africa Teen 2000 aged 17, she then signed for Image Models and moved to Paris. Developing her modelling career, she was the first South African model to appear in Marie Claire, and has been voted FHM sexiest woman in the world and South Africa"s most Stylish Woman.
She had a small part in the Daniel Craig film Flashbacks of a Fool (2008).
She is also known for her support of charitable causes. Since 2008 she has lived in and has been based Cape Town, but also has a home in Johannesburg.