Introducing Suzan Mutesi – an award-winning fashion designer, author, actress, model, and reality TV star, who’s been crowned “The African Fashion Icon that Conquered Australia” by SatisfashionUG. In 2022, she took on the premiere season of The Challenge: Australia. She’s also penned several children’s books and dropped her memoir, The Immigrant that Found Her Unapologetic Voice, which soared to Amazon’s Top Sellers list after its release in March 2023.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzan_mutesi/

Her suzan_mutesi Insta account, rocking over 1.2 million followers, showcases her globetrotting adventures, event snaps, and hook-ups with big names like Nike and L’Oreal.

As a teen, she got her fashion fix from mags at the factory where she worked. After high school, she scored a spot at the Raffles KvB Institute of Technology, bagging a fashion and apparel design degree.

In 2011 and 2012, she snagged the Australian Designer of the Year title two years running. Plus, she nabbed the Fashion Icon of the Year Award at the Afro-Australia Music and Movie Awards in September 2014.

Hailing from Uganda, she moved to Australia with her fam during her high school days. In 2022, she had a fling with comical TV personality David Walliams.

Suzan’s designed threads for A-listers like Rihanna and Miss World 2011 Erin Holland. And in 2013, she co-hosted the African Australian Music and Movie Awards with Desmond Elliot and John Dumelo.