Pearl Thusi is a model, TV presenter, actress, MC, radio personality and businesswoman.
She started her modelling career when she was a teenager and has participated in several pageants. Pearl won Miss KwaZulu-Natal in 2005 and was crowned first runner-up at Miss SA Teen in 2003.
The Durban beauty rose to fame as a presenter on SABC 3’s iCrew in 2006. She moved to Johannesburg after completing her high school education to pursue her studies at Wits University. Pearl continued to work on her modelling and acting career while studying.
The former Pinetown Girls’ High School pupil bagged a role opposite American actress Jill Scott in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency in 2009. Pearl made history in 2018 when Netflix announced she would star in Queen Sono – the streaming company’s first-ever African original series.
She has hosted shows such as Lip Sync Battle Africa on MTV, BET Africa’s Behind the Story, SABC 1’s LIVE Amp and the Comedy Central Roast of AKA. Pearl partnered with WWF South Africa in 2019 to help protect South Africa’s wildlife.
Seeing how popular she is, it’s the norm to always see active on social media and that’s what expected of our all celebs, but of late, Pearl Thusi has fans worried.
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Pearl Thusi and Friends
Pearl is one who loves to keep her friends close and is not shy to show how much she appreciates them.
Pearl Thusi took time to gush about her friend Nomuzi Mabena in a sweet social media post.
She listed all the qualities that she adored in her BFF dating from the first time they met till now.
“Hi, Nomuzi… @moozlie. I know you have no clue about how much I care for you. I’ve loved you and your energy since I first saw you. The way you smile, how sweet and badass you are at the same time,” she wrote.
Pearl also went on to admire her hard work and her energy, praising her contribution to the entertainment space and always keeping it real.
“How hard you work, how hard you love. I can’t wait for the day you truly realise how incredible you are. I know you feel it but I can’t wait till you love it and live it. In the way, I see you but most importantly, the way God sees you.” Pearl says.
Pearl Thusi and her best friend DJ Zinhle are also practically joined at the hip. They became closer in 2015 after Zinhle’s baby daddy AKA left her for Bonang Matheba. Zinhle even moved in with Pearl while her mansion was being built in 2017. The DJ joked that Pearl practically forced her to move into her house.
“I didn’t have a home, I was homeless and she was in New York and she literally forced me to move into her house and I was really uncomfortable but she was like, I’m not hearing it you’re moving to my house, so I moved with my nanny, my baby, everything into her house.” Zinhle said on Cannel O’s Top 5 Drive.