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Digital content creator and influencer, Miss Dhanusha helps millennial women prioritise holistic selfcare so that they can show up as their best self and avoid burnout. She shares tips for mental and physical, and emotional well-being. Her belief is that selfcare is an act of revolution.

Shameez Patel Papathanasiou was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a civil engineer by day, fantasy author by night and a choc-chip cookie fiend somewhere in between. Her literary adventures take her to new worlds filled with magic, monsters and someone to fall in love with.

Driven by a zest for life, Anita Arendsen is passionate about people, growth, lifelong learning and mindful living. She is the founder of Striped Giraffe (Pty) Ltd, a consulting firm offering professional services that are designed to increase individual and organisational wellbeing and effectiveness. Anita is an inspirational speaker, facilitator, assessor, moderator, mentor and coach.

Avikar Thilrama (23) from Umkomaas, attended Naidoo Memorial Primary School and matriculated at Umkomaas Secondary School in 2015, he then completed a National Diploma in Human Resources Management, and is now in pursuit of a Bachelors in Business Administration. Professionally, he began as an HR Intern and climbed up the ladder to become an Admin Controller.

Avikar is one of the Finalists in Mr India South Africa 2021.

He says "Entering this competition was to get out of my comfort zone so I can be one step closer to my dreams. I aspire to hold an executive position one day and through a hands on approach lead and motivate others. I’d like to use my learnings from life to mould young children to see that their current life situation does not determine their destiny. Being an only child as well as a child of divorce, I grew up with my grandparents and my mother, their morals and values have guided me thus far and I’d like to instil them into others."

Ms Yovani Naidoo is a 21 year old, South Indian vocalist from South Africa. She recently completed her Biological Science degree at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal and she intends on completing her honours in Immunological Sciences. Yovani has been trained in both, the Eastern and the Western genre of music and she can sing in Tamil, Telegu, English and Hindi. Music from her debut CD "Dheiveega Dharisanam" is regularly featured on South African radio stations and she has also been interviewed on television. Yovani has shared the stage with many great South African musicians and in June 2019, she performed live with international singer Mr P. Unnikrishnan and his daughter Uthara. Yovani has toured abroad to California in June 2012, when she represented South Africa at the World Tamil diaspora conference, and in India, in December 2012. Apart from singing, Yovani plays the harmonium, the sitar, the violin and the keyboard.

From a young age, Yovani has been a gold medallist at the annual South African national Eisteddfods. She is blessed to be tutored by the following six gurus, Mr Pragalathan Vadival (Carnatic music), Ms Mala Lutchmanan (Tamil), Dr Kanada Narahari (sitar), Ms Rozanne Botha (violin), Mr Ashley Kisten (studio recordings) and the late Mr Beama Naidoo (Harmonium & Keyboard). Yovani is an ex-member of the KZN Youth-Orchestra, in 2015, 2016 and 2017 she played the Violin and in November 2016, she was the recipient of the Kannadhasan Award, becoming the  youngest person to earn that award in South Africa. Her Telugu song Erathiri was entered in the Lotus FM lyric writing competition in 2020 and she was placed first in the category. In February 2021, she was selected by an international panel of judges and esteemed artists as one of ten winners worldwide for the “2020 International Film & Music Festival” held in India. In 2021, she represented South Africa at a Global Tamil Concert held on behalf of the University of Toronto. After competing in the NRI Telugu Idol 2021, she was selected by ABR Productions USA for a private album. Yovani is passionate about music and culture and she aspires to challenge herself each day.

Darrien Luke grew up listening to Gospel music and he dreamed of being one of the singers at Hillsong, as a result of growing up in church with a musical background, but it was when a young Darrien sang along to his dad playing the guitar, that his beautiful voice was discovered.