SHE dazzled Strictly audiences with her sensational physique, dance moves and dresses – but Oti Mabuse’s roots couldn’t be further from the glamorous showbiz world she now enjoys.
In her new BBC1 documentary, Oti Mabuse: My South Africa, she returns to her homeland to see show how much it has changed in the ten years since she left to become a Latin and ballroom champion.
And in doing so, she ditched all the glitz she became associated with on the BBC1 dance show – revealing the real Oti for the first time.
She said: “All the sexiness and glamour isn’t me. That is my job, it’s not who I am. I just wanted to be myself and not look ‘prime time TV’ as you would normally see me.
“I love all the dresses and the hair and the make-up – maybe not the shoes – but only for a couple of hours.