UBA 90day Wellness Challenge - SEASON 3 BIG REVEAL

Beauty therapist Claudia van Schalkwyk suffered a traumatic experience when her sister Leony Sonja de Wee died of cancer last year. But she decided to deal with this tragedy in a positive way and the result is a non-profit company aimed at improving the lives of young girls and enabling them to also follow a career in beauty therapy.

Now the owner of the Urban Beauty Academy’s NPC, uba90daywellnesschallenge, is registered and ready to do good things. Its main activity is a weight loss challenge over 90 days for normal people who want to change their eating habits and live healthier. They will soon be hosting its third “Big Reveal”.

Claudia, who originally hails from Mitchells Plain but these days resides in Kuils River with her husband and two kids, is passionate about a healthy lifestyle. Leony’s tragic dead just convinced her to take action. And she is excited to see what the contestants have achieved.

Claudia says the finals will be a family event where they want to bring awareness on how to live a healthier lifestyle and provide tools for people to be able to move into a healthier lifestyle.

“That is the main aim of this market and obviously to announce our winner. We are in season 3 now. We have 20 contestants. It is an all-women affair this time. They will be walking the ramp ‘in their new bodies’.

“They are going to showcase their hard work for the last 90 days in the form of a fashion show. We have some designers who will be sponsoring clothes for the contestants. There will be a wellness market and we need vendors to come and showcase whatever wellness-related products they have available. The cost for a stall is R500.”

It is customary that a few celebrities take part in the challenge. This year’s celebrity contestant is Karin Kortje, former Idols winner. “She is very actively involved. She is loving this challenge,” enthuses Claudia.

“I challenged Karin because I saw she was on a lifestyle journey on her own. So we challenged her just to enhance her own journey. We almost helped her along, as she was already busy with a lifestyle change but we just brought different elements to it.

“I think she has lost around 9 kilograms in two months. You can see a huge difference in her aura, her face… everything has changed.”

Claudia says the program will not save people from getting cancer, but she is adamant that it will definitely lower their risk of getting it. “The UBA 90 Day Wellness Challenge is a program that promotes a lifestyle that God intended for us to live so that we can have a healthier life, so that we can have a happier, fuller life. That is at the heart of the program.”

In the beautiful setting of Eagle Vlei Farm

We going to celebrate the hard work of all the contestants of Season 3. Who is it going to be???????

Quinton Manuels & Marc Lottering as MC's

Artists lined up:

Jarred Rickets

Robin Pieters

Joed House Band

Celebrity Contestant - Karin Kortje

Wellness Market

Healthy food trucks and food stalls

Play Area for kids - Kiddies caregiver