Mpho Laing has an extensive and successful career in lifestyle and entertainment in Botswana and her specific expertise is in fashion and fashion styling; and has been able to make a name for herself in Gaborone as a ‘Fashionista.’ From 2006 until 2007, Mpho was the Fashion Stylist, Copy Editor and Event Coordinator of TruBlu Magazine. She then went on to animate the fashion pages of Lapologa Magazine when working there as the Fashion Editor, Stylist and Deputy Editor for the magazine. Laing’s career in fashion lifestyle developed even further when in 2008 she was the Wardrobe and Props Master for a Soul City Film: an endeavor which became the platform for her embarking on an Image and Props Consultancy.
Some of Mpho Laing’s work to date is that of her as Fashion Stylist and Consultant for Miss Botswana 2009 and Fashion Columnist and stylist for The Voice Newspaper and Voice Woman; where she has proven to be the first and only local Fashion Journalist, that also travels the world to cover various events, which include Miss Universe 2010 in Las Vegas, Miss World 2010 in Sun City, and various Fashion Weeks. She was also the Fashion Events Coordinator for Orange Botswana, specifically the 3G Mannequins Activation, which involved model casting, styling and choreography.
An on-going project which is very close to Mpho’s heart is that of her as the Mosadi Inc Partner - a duty which entails mentoring, empowering and educating women and the girl-child in Botswana through giving her the platform to showcase her skills in the Arts.
In addition to this, Mpho coordinated a Tribunal on Climate Change and how it affects Batswana women in poverty stricken situations in August 2009, which saw her being invited to make a presentation on her findings at the United Nations’ 54th Commission on the Status of Women in New York, in March 2010.
To add to this impressive list of projects Mpho has worked on, she was also responsible for coordinating and casting models for Botswana’s first ever Diamond Trading Company Botswana (DTCB) Jewellery Design Fashion Show and also groomed the finalists and coordinated the Mascom Gemstone Model Search Grand Finale. Mpho’s wideranging skills include: coordinating fashion shows, fashion shoots; styling models and celebrities for fashion shows, album covers and revamping individual styles. Laing is also experienced in coordinating the aesthetics for television adverts (including two of Botswana’s mobile networks Orange & Mascom adverts), music videos and films.
Mpho Laing has recently joined radio, as a talk show host of a show called ‘Hot Trends with Mpho Laing,’ every Thursday 6pm-7pm, on a local Family Radio Station, Duma FM. This she is currently juggling with Managing RedPepper PR and Communication Consultancy, and the rest of the above mentioned activities, as she keeps travelling the world too.
