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Jennifer Jones Biography

 

 

Soul Diva, Jennifer Jones hails from Cape Town South Africa. Her illustrious career history includes accolades few can lay claim to.  She captured a world wide television audience with her appearances in the MISS WORLD PAGEANT 1995 at the Sun City Superbowl. The same year saw her again performing to a world wide audience when she sang the theme song for the RUGBY WORLD CUP 95, ‘Where the world began’ during the opening and closing ceremonies.

Her remarkable triumph against the odds lead to her life story being captured in JUVENIS, a 52 minute documentary shown globally as the core of the youth component of the United Nations 50th anniversary celebrations.

The world once again saw her incredible talent when she sang the constitution song ‘One Law for One Nation’ in a live global telecast from the Houses of Parliament in 1996.

Jennifer was the support act for both TINA TURNER’S 1996 World Tour and MICHAEL JACKSON’S HISTORY TOUR 1997 in South Africa.  

She became the first South African artist to be signed by Sony Music SA.  She recorded her debut album SLOW DOWN’ in 1996 and the album was released to great critical acclaim in 1997.  1997 also saw Jennifer perform OLYMPIC FEVER to a world wide television audience as part of the South African Olympic bid for 2004.  She also appeared as a presenter at the FNB SAMA Awards in the same year. 

In 1999 Jennifer won the KORA Award for “Most Promising Female Artist”.  Her television appearances in the same year included the NNTV Awards live television performance of “High Heels and Hisses”, produced by The Baroness and Felicia Mabusa Suttle’s “Live Diva’s Show” that for the first time saw Jennifer performing with her mother, Marloe Scott Wilson.  She was released from her contractual obligations from Sony in 1999. 

 

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