Nadia Jaftha is a South African YouTube and TikTok star, blogger, social media influencer, music artist and actress. She has been able to create a niche for herself in diverse areas of both digital and entrepreneurial setting as a fashion exec, entrepreneur and creator of Birdline blog.
Nadia Jaftha was born on the 14 November 1992, in Cape Town and raised in Port Elizabeth by her mother Nawal Jaftha, a social media influencer and entrepreneur. Her education started right from a local school in her community and later moved on to the University of Cape Town.
Wondering how far she has come and her story? Here are capturing details about her.
Interesting Things You Probably Didn’t About Nadia Jaftha
1. She Comes From A Close Knitted Family
The Cape Town bred singer is inclined towards family life. Nadia and her mother are close and often make videos for her Page. After winning the Tropika Island of Treasure contest, she was interviewed and she explained that it was quite hard keeping the secret of her victory from her family.
The KZN born beauty was brought up by her mother without the assistance of any man. She is also close to her brother and grandparents.
2. She Had Her Most Embarrassing Moment While In High School
Nadia experienced her most embarrassing moment while sporting during her high school days. She reported that it all took place during an open event while she was participating in a water sport game. She claimed to have experienced firsthand what it meant to grab the attention of many in an unforgettable manner when her pad fell out while she was running.
3. Got A Scholarship Into New York Film Academy But Never Took It
After completing the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she excelled in her field of filming, art and media studies, Nadia Jaftha was offered a scholarship in the New York Film Academy but did not accept it because of her decision to take a year off schooling. In retrospect, it turned out to be the start of her journey as a social media success.
4. Nadia Jaftha Battled Low-Self Esteem
Nadia Jaftha was not always confident of her looks and body type when she was growing up. Asides having what she called ‘big legs’ and ‘broad shoulders’, the 5 feet 4 inches blogger had experienced one too many blows to her self confidence.
Recently, she recommended “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK” as her most recommended book. This may very well be in line with how far she has come and what she has achieved in conquering her low self-esteem.
5. She loves The Philippines
The Philippines has been on Nadia’s bucket list to visit after the one time visit that got her enticed like a little bear into the honey trap after experiencing the food, hospitable people, landscape, and culture.
6. Nadia Has A Successful Career In Entertainment
Jaftha started her journey to becoming an entertainer in 2013 by making contents on her self-named YouTube channel. The channel has gained her more fame than the other things she’s been involved in. It focuses on pranks, challenge videos and lockdown dairies amongst other segments.
In music, she has released 4 songs including ‘Paradise” (2017), ‘I’m Good” 2018, “Forget About You” (2019) and most recent “Eina” (2020).
7. The Singer Owns Her Clothing Line
Nadia launched her clothing line to match her personal style called ‘For.Everyone.Asking’ and a swimwear line called ‘Dusti.Swimwear’ in 2020. The Dusti.Swimwear is co-owned by Lindy Lin.
8. She also has a Career as a Fashion Executive
Beyond just owning her fashion line, she also worked as a director of her fashion label ‘Strada Chic’, created and heads the Birdline blog which is a beauty, fashion, lifestyle and travel blog.
More so, Nadia Jaftha’s career has touched different shores of Africa and beyond. Recently, she represented Africa as an official brand ambassador for its ‘Anti- Ivory’ campaign. At the ‘Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards’ she was an official correspondent representing Africa on the Orange carpet in Los Angeles.
9. Nadia Jaftha Debut Into Acting
Her acting career began recently even though she has actively been in front of the camera since she began her YouTube page in 2013. She played a lead role in “ Who’s My Daddy”, a comedy movie which was directed by David Kai and Sans Moonsamy and co-acted alongside Chris Forest and Alfred Ntombela which was released in 2020.
10. Nadia Jaftha Dated Dean Herbert
The beautiful influencer was once linked to Australian Software developer, Dean Herbert who was described as her boyfriend. They dated for a while before they parted ways in 2017. Since then, she has not revealed anything about her relationship status.
11. She Is Active In Charitable Acts
In 2020, Jaftha won the Tropika Island of Treasure Curacao contest alongside Trevor Lagerway and whilst being asked what she intended to do with her reward, the blogger declared her interest in donating to the Habibia children’s home that caters for the well-being of girls orphaned through different circumstances. She is also an ambassador of ‘Nourish the children’ and is well known for her passion to drive the female gender and how best to empower them.
She recently partnered with Starbucks on a charity initiative to garner funds for the Seal College, a school for children with Down syndrome. Unknowing to many, the star who caused quite an uproar on social media by cutting off her honey blonde Bob hair in April 2020 and has been rocking a buzz cut had donated the hair to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA)in awareness of cancer and to show solidarity to all cancer survivors.
12. Nadia Jaftha has a good net worth
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Nadia’s net-worth was projected to be about 1.2 million US dollars in 2021. She made her fortune from her various engagements as a musician, actress, social media influencer, and businesswoman among other things.
She also makes money through various endorsement deals with brands including Lux and Canal Walk.
Under her belt of achievements is being on the cover of magazines such as Glamour magazine, Women’s health and on cosmopolitan’s “COSMO influencer issue’ and has been named woman of the year.
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