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Models from House of Jola are already painting the city of South Africa red. The models that left the country almost three weeks ago are already making waves on radio and TV stations across South Africa.

Bunmi Ademokoya, a law undergraduate from Obafemi Awolowo University who was crowned the best model of the world in faraway China last December, is on the list. The charming lady and her team stormed the Fashion Week debut to view winter collections in Sanlem SA.

The event, which took place on Friday 14th March at Museum Africa, Johannesburg, was a huge success as Bunmi and other models from House of Jola stood out gracefully. They stole the show and they were admired by designers and modeling agencies that came to grace the event from all over the world.

After a week of serious screening, with over 20 white, blacks and Asian models anxious for a chance at the SA Fashion Week, these Nigerian models soared high at the casting for the show, which held at Design District, Rosebank.

The models, accompanied by Joan Okorodudu, project initiator of Next Nigeria's Super Model and owner House of Jola Models, have been working frantically, in terms of perfecting their skills.

Bunmi, who was featured in seven shows in the fashion week, also opened the show for one of the designers; Ramatla Lebo. She strutted the runway in designs of Artistic Soul and Imgrad Mkhabela, and four other designers.

Other models on the runway at the Sanlem SA fashion week include Eunice Eyo; winner of Next Nigeria's Super Model 2007, Isy Atagamen, Esse Omene and Omashola Oburoh, the only male model in the group.

At the event, over 30 participating South African designers displayed exotic and scintillating attires for the opening of the show. Collections of some of the country’s most creative designers include Miss Scarlet, Zealous, Guillotine, Superella, Ramatla, and Mkhabel Artistic Soul, amongst others. With its mixture of African and Western heritage, the SA fashion week has been tagged the perfect venue to show off the talents and versatility of young South African designers.