Clearasil Awesome Face of the Day Varsity Challenge Winner Announced

Clearasil is proud to announce that outgoing, popular, confident Thato Choma from Varsity College Sandton is the overall winner of the Clearasil Awesome Face of the Day Varsity Challenge. After months of campaigning, Thato amassed the most votes and will soon be jetting off on an all-expenses-paid trip to Zurich to represent Clearasil and Varsity College at the One Young World Conference where she will be networking with the likes of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Bob Geldof and Wyclef Jean.

From 200 girls to 5 to one!

Two hundred remarkable young women were selected from five universities around the country to represent their institution in the Clearasil Varsity Challenge.  The girls were provided with personalised business cards to assist them in their quest to get the most votes on Facebook.com/ClearasilSouthAfrica.  One finalist (the girl with the most votes) from each of the five universities – Tshwane University of Technology, University of the Free State, University of Johannesburg, Stellenbosch University and Varsity College Sandton - made it to Phase 2 the Varsity Challenge. 

Each entrant received a Clearasil product hamper and the Finalist from each university was able to donate R10 000.00 to a charity of the University’s choice.

The second stage of the Clearasil Awesome Face of the Day Varsity Challenge required the top 5 to compete against each other for the grand prize – a seat at the One Young World Summit.  In a hotly contested final, Thato received 9745 votes over the period and walked away a worthy winner.
‘’My heart is filled with so much gratitude and excitement. It is such an honour to be representing Varsity College and Clearasil South Africa. I will only give of my best. Team Thato to Zurich and beyond,’’ said Thato on her win.

Spokesperson for Clearasil, Unathi Mzendana said: “The Varsity Campaign has been successful beyond our expectations and what has made it even better is the calibre of the overall winner, Thato, from Varsity College Sandton.”

From the time the application launched, scores of people have visited the Clearasil Facebook page and voted for their favourite finalist. 

One Young World Conference

One Young World is a global forum for young people of leadership caliber. Its purpose is to connect and bring together the youngest and brightest and to ensure that their concerns, opinions and solutions are heard and taken into account by those in power whether in government, business or any other sector.  Since the first summit in London in 2010, 823 under-25s from 114 countries have been making real on-the-ground impacts in global business, media, environment, interfaith dialogue, global health, and political leadership development, reducing poverty in the most innovative ways, making our future brighter.

In this light, One Young World, which is founded by David Jones, Global CEO of Havas Worldwide and Kate Robertson, UK Group Chairman of Euro RSCG, was most recently honoured at the Clinton Global Initiative where Bill Clinton thanked David Jones for creating One Young World, recognising it as an invaluable vehicle in the global business call-to-action on major development issues.

At the 2011 Summit Thato will be raising issues important to her.  There is no doubt that Thato will fly the flag high for Varsity College, South Africa and Clearasil.

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