Khanyi Mbau’s dramatic body transformation: Netflix’s Young, Famous and African star believes it’s her duty to ‘look like a doll’ and even invited media to watch her liposuction
- South Africa’s answer to Bling Empire has made an even bigger star of actress Khanyi Mbau, but it’s also brought her dramatic plastic surgery journey to the world’s attention
- From skin lightening to liposuction, Mbau makes no apology for the number of times she’s gone under the knife to change her appearance, saying it’s her job to ‘sell vanity’
The actress didn’t always look the way she does now though. She grew up on screen as a child star in a show called Kideo and later landed a part on one of South Africa’s biggest soap operas, Muvhango.
But while her acting skills run deep, it’s the dramatic changes in her appearance over the years that have remained a main talking point. From breast augmentation to controversial skin lightening, here’s how Mbau’s dramatically changed her appearance.
Maintaining an hourglass figure
In an effort to maintain her figure, Mbau underwent several liposuction procedures. In 2017, she told Drum magazine that she’d had a waist reduction procedure and liposuction because she “wanted an hourglass, 22-year-old looking body”.
She openly admits to spending a fortune on looking good, saying she believes it’s a celebrity’s duty to “sell vanity” as it’s an “escape for people”, adding that she needs to “constantly look like their dreams”, according to News24.
She has also admitted to having an eyebrow lift – removing hair from her head to fill her eyebrows and hairline – and fillers to change her nose profile, according to Sowetan.