The Yolwa twins, Kwakhanya and Lathitha Yolwa, (17) are based in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. They are content creators, influencers, and models with over 100K followers across all their social media platforms.
"We are pageant models with titles such as International Miss South Africa 2024 and Miss Teen Planet SA. We are also commercial models and have worked with Jet, with our campaigns displayed in stores. Apart from modelling we are content creators and influencers. We had the opportunity to work with many big brands nationally and internationally, such as Puma and many others. Through social media, we had incredible opportunities and recognition from bigger brands", they said.
Inspired by Zozibini Tunzi, Miss Universe 2019, their mom and Dr. Andy, the beautiful young girls are always busy and won many hearts of fans across the globe. They are signed under Bright Stars Modeling Agency and busy gaining lot of experience about modelling. The industry is not easy, it requires passion, commitment, confidence, discipline, consistency financial investment and dedication.
"We constantly remind ourselves where we come from and where we want to be in the future, this motivates us to keep going and never forget our roots. One of the biggest challenges has been finances because pageants can be expensive. In content creation, we haven’t faced many challenges besides having to stay consistent and always create fresh content”, they added. Yolwa Twins have achieved much so far: Pageant Modelling * Miss Teen Planet SA (Kwakhanya) * International Miss South Africa (Lathitha) * Miss Teen Super Globe SA and represented South Africa in Thailand (Lathitha) * Miss Teen Eastern Cape 1st Runner-up (Kwakhanya)
Influencing they have worked with over 20 brands and campaigns, including: • Puma • Skyworth • Wimpy • SHEIN • TEMU • Pedros Chicken Commercial Modelling * Jet Activewear campaigns * Jet Winter Jackets campaigns Academics * Consistently placed in the Top 5 throughout primary and high school * First in grade awards * Consistency awards * First in Science and more And there’s something big on the way…
“An advice to someone who want to be like us is, please believe in yourself and never stop envisioning where you want to be at the end of your journey. Keep going and work hard for what you want because your efforts will eventually pay off. We see ourselves becoming highly educated, pursuing degrees in MBChB while continuing to grow our social media platforms and careers”, they concluded. People can connect them on Instagram and TikTok: @yolwa_twinz