User talk:JJaftha

The modelling industry isn’t all about glamorous fashion shoots and strutting on the runway.

It’s a highly competitive business that every aspiring model is fighting to get into. And when you managed to get your foot in the door, it’s hard work to stay in the business.

To get in you have to have the “right” look but there’s no set formula to what the right look is.

After he was scouted by an agency at a fashion show, 22-year-old Cape Town-born model Jethro Jaftha knew he had the look they were looking for. Jaftha grew up and lives in Bridgetown in Athlone.

We spotted Jaftha on the runway during Menswear Fashion Week and decided to find out more about the curly-haired model and his thoughts on the fashion industry.