Biography

UYANDA MBULI is an Award-winning Style Icon, Designer and Owner of South Africa’s famous fashion house Diamond Face Couture, also known as  'DFC', which is at the fore-front of changing the fashion landscape in Africa.
Diamond Face Couture has a flagship store at the heart of Johannesburg’s northern suburbs In Rosebank, at the THE ZONE SHOPPING CENTRE.
 
Uyanda has worked with the South African Football Association’s TSHWANE region to establish the Under17 structure. She is responsible for the overall brand development of the Under17 League. She also worked as Head of Communications for the Gauteng Government Department of Economic Development; and before that she was the General Manager for Marketing, and Customer Relationship Management at the Gauteng Liquor Board.

She served as a Deputy Chairperson of Gauteng Film Commission and set on the Board of Tara Hospital. Widely known as 'Yanda' to her family, friends and strong-hold supporters, Mbuli holds a bachelor of Commerce from the University of the Western Cape and IMM from Damelin amongst other qualifications. The former Publicity Manager for South Africa’s number one TV Channel, SABC1 was one of the Ambassadors of international cosmetic giants “La Mer” for two years.

Uyanda Mbuli who was the first black women to be crowned Mrs Globe South Africa in 2005. She had a weekly column on PEOPLE Magazine called “The Fabulous Circle”.

Mbuli entertainment track record includes:
~ Presenting and acted including anchoring the intellectuals show African Giants
on SABC2.
~ Competing on Season IV of the SABC2 celebrity dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing.
~ Acting on the SABC1 drama series Tshisa, as Nomonde.
~ Hosting in-depth interviews with the Cast & Production Team of Tsotsi during the celebration of the 2006 Oscar victory for best foreign film.
~ Hosting the Red Carpet interviews at the 2005 KORA All Music Awards- which remains the  biggest Music Awards show in Africa with over 4 billion viewers throughout Africa & Europe.
~ Covering the 2006 Daytime Emmys in Hollywood on behalf of the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
~ Features on the independent musical comedy, Underground Music.
~ One of the few South African based Celebrities to be featured on international celebrity wire networks along big names such as Paris Hilton, Kanye West,
Victoria Beckham & Kimora Lee Simmons to mention but a few.
~ She is one of the few South African celebrities turned designers to be featured on American Television shows including Fashion TV Red Carpet coverage during the 2006 Spring New York Fashion Week, Extra Television, the Steve Harvey Breakfast Show Live & BET J.

Article taken from Sunday World Careers