South African model Candice Swanepoel modelling for Spring 2012 collection by Prabal Gurung – a fashion designer who was born in Singapore, raised in Nepal, started his career in India, and currently based in New York. Intriguing style…
African pop culture
African pop culture archives - African celebrities, sports and fashion models
Miss Angola Leila Lopes is Miss Universe 2011
Leila Lopes, a 25-year-old business student from Angola, was crowned the 60th Miss Universe in Sao Paolo, Brazil, on September 12.
Miss Ukraine and Miss Brazil were named the first and second runner ups, with Miss China and Miss Philippines completing the Top 5.
Behati Prinsloo street photography
An old photoset of Namibian model Behati Prinsloo – best known for being one of the Victoria’s Secret Angels – which was taken in 2009 (or earlier) by photographer David Mushegain. Not sure what the pics are for, but love it. Image via TFS…
Never say no to Panda (cheese)
Brilliant commercial(s) by Egypt based Arab Dairy for its Panda brand cheese…
World’s largest working vuvuzela
If you are following the FIFA World Cup you sure have known what the vuvuzela is. Love it or hate it, it’s a prominent feature of the soccer tournament.
And how about this… Korean automaker Hyundai has constructed the world’s largest vuvuzela in Cape Town before the World Cup kicked off. Most people probably haven’t heard of this though, as the 35-metre giant is banned from common use during the tournament as authorities considered the sound too loud.
Some fans were lucky enough to put it into action before the ban…
Oh Africa! Pepsi football commercial
PEPSI commercial featuring world-class football players i.e. Lionel Messi, Ricardo Kaká, Didier Drogba, Thierry Henry, Frank Lampard and Andrey Arshavin. Song is Oh Africa by American-Senegalese singer Akon who also appears in the video.
The FIFA World Cup will be held in South Africa this summer, hence the African culture theme. Sentimental wise it would be nice if there’s an Asian in the advert, but I guess there are no players “world-class” enough in Asia.