Africa: Episode 4: Soap Opera

2 December 2013
Africa's Next Top Model (Cape Town)

In their post-elimination Oluchi Mail, the final 9 girls are asked to choose a number from a mysterious box in the model house. The girls puzzle over how this activity will affect their upcoming task (cryptically alluded to in the O-Mail as “selling soap”), and their imaginations run wild.

The following day, the models arrive at a studio to meet resident judge and advertising executive Remi Adetiba, who explains that those randomly chosen numbers will determine the product each girl will need to embody as the group is cast in mock ad campaigns for brands by Procter & Gamble. The kicker? A client representative will be on set watching every girl’s entire shoot!

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