The country’s show business is endowed with a lot of talent and glamour.
Glamour is a ‘must’ in showbizz world over and local female artistes have managed to adopt and adapt the trend.
Dear reader, a diva is a female hustler, just in case you did not know!
Zim Morning Post lifestyle and entertainment’ has come with list of the top six glamorous music divas after a snap survey with music and fashion aficionados.
1 Queen Vee
Real name Vanessa Sibanda , she cut her teeth as a top model winning Miss Zim 2008.It is an open secret that modeling and glamour goes hand in glove.
When she turned to music she just inherited her glamorous lifestyle and changed the game .
She has produced several top notch music videos some of which she collaborated with Soul Jah Love and paid for his accomodation at one of South Africa’s most expensive hotels.
Recently she bought a sleek latest Bentley Buntyaga making her part of the only three people only four locally based Zimbabweans (at least socialites!!) owning such a ride.The other three are Genius Kadungure at the Tagwirei (Sakunda) power couple who owns one each.
She is married to a popular entrepreneur but we are not talking about him now, its HER time.
That is surely glamorous!!
2 Rachel J
The Kwekwe born diva was trending last year after she splashed life sized billboards of her album titled Makwikwi in which she joined hands with the creme-dela-creme of urban music.
The song was accompanied with an equally smashing hot video.
She can simply make it to the front cover of any magazine that celebrates glamorous women.
Besides music she is an entrepreneur with bias towards interior decor and she entered the music industry with a bang!
She drives a Ranger Rover autobiography- a ride that intimidates many men but she managed to scoop a equally powerful partner who is a former deputy minister!
3 Cindy Munyavi
She is simply a pacesetter!
This writer had privilege of knowing her in the early 2000 during the ‘Chamhembe’ urban grooves era and she has never looked back.
She is an awarding winning musician and fashionista and she runs her own fashion boutique in Harare.
She has been a presenter on the red carpet for several glamorous show and her dress code never disappoints.She is always on point.
She has hits like Parere Moyo,Ndidzorere Moyo wangu and many more.
She was won entrepreneurship awards and done so much philanthropic work.
Interestingly, despite all the glitz and glamour it seems love don’t love her .
She must do a rendition of Rn B star Eric Benet song of the same name!
She admitted herself that she is unlucky in love.
4 Faith Candy
Real name Faith Naphazi, she is often touted as Zim’s own version of Nicki Minaj because of her body posture and curvaceous figure which has won her Miss Curvy Zimbabwe people’s choice awards .
She hails from the ghetto but managed to bulldoze herself into the upmarket catwalk and she is also a NAMA nominee for best actress!
Gone are the days when size zero was the definition of sexy, Faith Candy has defied that notion and her elegant dressing has tickled many’s fancy as she has proved that fully figured women have got it too!
She runs a recording studio called Bazuka where she has uplifted several musicians.
She keeps her love life a strongly guarded secret but word has it that her heart was stolen by an Australian based hunk who works as a medical doctor.
She has always refused to comment on that issue though.
5 Vimbai Zimuto
She was part of the late national hero Oliver Mtukudzi’s Black Spirits band and this one has her own kind of glamour.
She rocks it traditional!
She is currently based in Netherlands where she is a choreographer.
Her glamorous video ‘Hapana Kwaunoenda’ where she celebrated her African body was received with mixed feelings with some saying it was too explicit.
At the Star FM awards held recently she was a head turner with a stunning traditional attire.
She is in and out of the country and is expected to feature at the next edition of Madirirano event.