The Next Opulent Model
About
OUR STORY
The Next Opulent Model is South Africa's biggest and most prestigious modelling and fitness competition — an elite platform celebrating fashion, beauty, fitness, confidence, personality and discipline.
Every edition brings together exceptional individuals from across South Africa to compete for a title that carries real international weight. The goal has never been simply to find a model. It is to discover individuals with the presence, character and determination to become the next generation of South African icons.
THE VISION
To build a platform where South African talent is measured against an international standard — where beauty, fitness and personality are developed with the same rigour as any elite competitive discipline.
The 2027 edition, FORGED, is the clearest expression of that vision yet: a competition built on the idea that extraordinary models are not discovered, they are forged through pressure, discipline and transformation.
THE COMPETITION
Contestants are assessed across fashion, fitness, personality and stage presence over a multi-stage journey — from open auditions through to the final showcase. Every stage is designed to reveal character, not just appearance.
Exclusive South African Partner of
TOP MODEL
WORLDWIDE LONDON
THE OPULENT STANDARD
What makes The Next Opulent Model different.
International partnership
The only South African competition affiliated with Top Model Worldwide London.
Fashion and fitness, together
Contestants are judged on the full range of presence, not a single dimension.
Real transformation
A structured journey, not a single casting call.
A national platform
South Africa's largest stage of its kind, with reach across the country.
