Vanessa Haywood

Trivia

• She currently own a marketing and events company called Bliss Marketing.
• Her television career started well before her acting career did, having presented for Groen (Kyknet), Top Billing (SABC 3), AgriTV (SABC 1) and Wildlife Video Cast (Asia). I have also presented many corporate videos and record voice overs from time to time.
• She also studied drama as she have a great love for stage and film having performed as an actress and dancer on stage many times when she was younger.
• In 2007 she was chosen as the Shape Cover Look of the Year winner securing a Shape magazine cover and opening many doors for her.
• She was placed 4th in the internationally acclaimed Miss Fitness which was her first competition! She secured many great sponsorships as a result and was featured in both Muscle Evolution and Fitness magazines. She appeared on the cover of Fitness magazine twice.
• In 2005 she became a fitness athlete and began competing in fitness competitions nation wide.
• She have shot many local and international TV commercials and have shot countless clothing catalogues and advertising campaigns.
• Her modeling career has been incredible! she have met wonderful people all over the world and have been on the covers of many local and international magazines (W Magazine, Shape, Chat, Fitness, Shape, Woman and Home, Prima, Bicycling, Runner’s World, WOW, Top Sante, Tina etc).
• In 2000, she was a Miss South Africa finalist.
• After high school she had a short stint at studying Chiropractic Medicine in Durban but due to terrible violence on campus that year, she decided her life had to change course. She went on to study marketing and business management and got her degree in 2001.