Liezel van der Westhuizen Emcee

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  • Highly Experienced Broadcaster: With a background in television and radio, Liezel brings professionalism and charisma to every event. Her experience as a presenter for various national shows ensures she is comfortable on stage, engaging audiences with ease.
  • Engaging & Energetic Style: Known for her dynamic and vibrant personality, Liezel captivates audiences with her infectious energy, ensuring that events are both lively and memorable.
  • Multilingual Excellence: Liezel is fluent in English and Afrikaans, allowing her to connect with diverse audiences across South Africa and beyond, making her an ideal choice for multicultural events.
  • Versatility Across Event Types: Whether it’s a corporate gala, awards ceremony, or conference, Liezel has the ability to adapt her style to suit the tone of any event, maintaining a polished and professional demeanor throughout.

  • Travels from: Sea Point
  • **Fee range: 20,001 - 35,000
Liezel van der Westhuizen Emcee is also a sought after MC and has been the Programme Director at more than 200 events for top clients “Commitment. Passion. Action.” She may be have been the new face for Season 5 of MNET Idols and only the second woman in the world to present Idols, but Liezel […]

Liezel van der Westhuizen Emcee is also a sought after MC and has been the Programme Director at more than 200 events for top clients “Commitment. Passion. Action.” She may be have been the new face for Season 5 of MNET Idols and only the second woman in the world to present Idols, but Liezel van der Westhuizen has only been working in the home-grown entertainment industry for just over 14 years

Starting out on TV as an SABC 3 continuity presenter as well as the presenter of SABC 3’s live lunchtime talk show – Lunchbox. Liezel now presents SABC 3’s new daily breakfast show –EXPRESSO and The Sunday Sundowner on 94.5KFM- live from Cape Town.

Liezel van der Westhuizen is so focused on her own passions is entirely consistent with her personality: after all, this is a woman who, as a learner at Pretoria Girls never once missed a day of school, in her entire 12 years spent in the education system! In fact, Liezel is no slouch when it comes to the other pursuits that she can’t live without: sport and health.

Liezel van der Westhuizen Emcee

Liezel trains six days a week and follow a very healthy lifestyle. In 2009, Liezel was selected for the NESTLE ELITE TRIATHLON TEAM which saw her competing with some of SA’s top Triathletes.

It’s a head-spinning array of physical passions that, when combined with Liezel’s model-looks make it easy to see why she was a Top 8 finalist in the 2007 Shape magazine Sanex Cover Girl competition. In 2009 Liezel was once again recognised as one of FHM’s HOT 100 sexiest Women in the World, and was Nominated for Olay SA Iconic Woman Award for Media Personality; Liezel was also voted Number 90 in Heat Hot 100

But, for Liezel van der Westhuizen what drives her to push on each day are new challenges and over the years she’s earned a reputation as an MC of note. That said, with her heavyweight media background, keen intelligence, easy manner with audiences and cover-girl looks, it’s surely not going to be long before Liezel becomes a household name.

2011 – Voted as one of Cosmopolitans Twitter Queen’s 2011 – Nominated for G-Sport Style award 2011 – Nominated for Best Dressed at L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate 2011 2010 – Voted Number 18 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2010 – Voted Number 62 in HEAT HOT 100 2010- Completed THE IRONMAN(3.8km swim;180km cycle and 42.2km run) 2009- Voted Number 63 in FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World

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