Interview: Michelle Oosthuizen

Anyone who had a TV set this year will undoubtedly recognise our interviewee for December. Stealing the show on the Sports Illustrated Swimwear shoot in more ways than one, Michelle Oosthuizen looks set to take the modelling and motoring world by storm (take note Mini).

DriveRSA: Hi Michelle, thanks for chatting to us today. Thought we would fire off with an easy one; what car are you driving at the moment?
Michelle: Well, As soon as I have my license I would love to drive any car at this stage.

D: Ok. fair enough, what would your ideal car be after you have become road legal?
M: Mini Cooper, such a sexy little sport car and I would just love to drive with an open roof and the wind blowing through my hair.

D: Since you are still working towards that licence, who is teaching you to drive?
M: A driving instructor and some help from my dearest mom.

D: Any bad encounters on the road yet?
M: Nothing bad to this day.

D: And you’re aiming to get your license first time round?
M: Keep fingers crossed that I will.

D: What would you say has been one of your best car moments?
M: Driving in a Hummer H3 with loud music playing.

D: Roadside assistance, or do you keep it real and change the flat tyre yourself?
M: Definitely road assistance please…Car stuff is for boys.

D: What’s your favourite song for a road trip?
M: Summer of ’69

D: Some people tend to think that a car says something about their personality, what’s your opinion?
M: For sure, a car becomes part of you and shows a little bit of your taste and style.

D: Do you ever judge men based on the car they drive?
M: No, I hardly ever like men who drive too fancy cars.

D:You recently went on the Sports Illustrated Swimwear shoot. Did they chauffeur you around in anything fancy?
M: There wasn’t much time for driving, we were just escorted by little golf cars around the hotel back and forth.

D: Since we have been chatting about people’s perceptions of cars, would you be willing to do a shoot for a car manufacturer? And if so is there any particular car you’d choose to pose next to?
M: Yes, well we know what my favourite car is, so I wouldn’t mind posing next to a mini Cooper any day.

Thanks for taking some time out to share your thoughts with DriveRSA Michelle. Hopefully we’ll catch up with you again in the (near) future…

Justin Stephenson

Photo Credit: Bryce Thompson