BYSHANAAZPRINCEhere’snothinglikea bitoffamily time and when it includes being
n the beach and in the sun, it’s even better! South African-based
model JULIANA VERMEIREN (31) and sons VINCENT (4) and NOAH
3)recently visited her home country of Brazil.
“It’sbeen amazing to spend quality time with my family,” Juliana tells
OUfrom Brazil. “I haven’t seen them for two years. Seeing my grand-
arents,andformykidstogettoknowthem,it’sbeenheartwarming.
“UnfortunatelyJanez[herhusband]couldn’tmakeitbecauseof work.
ndbeingsuper-spoiled!”Who’s the bigger celebrity – you
or Evita?
Evita, without a doubt. Peopletell
me they’ve seen her at the super-
market or at the local courts.
Just because she doesn’t exist
doesn’t mean she’s not real.
If Pieter and Evita were in
a relationship, who’d wear
the pants?
Well, as a gay man I’d be
quite comfortable with a
female partner wearing
trousers. But I doubt if I, at
73, would be in a relationship
with an 83-year-old woman
called Evangelie Poggenpoel
(Evita’s real name).
Three people you’d like
to invite to dinner?
Evita Bezuidenhout, her gay son,De
Kock, and her former strippersister,
Bambi Kellermann. Then I’ll beableto
eat all the food myself and talktomyself
in three, sometimes four, differentvoices.
What advice would you give youryoungerself?
Don’tignoreyourinstincts.Becarefuloftakingadvice
fromolderpeople– alwaysgeta secondopinion.Andnever
Who’sthebiggercelebrity– you
orPieter?
Pieter-Dirkwho?Siestog
(shame),he’sbeenimperson-
atingmeforsolong,noone
reallycares.I havemore
importantthingstosee
to:mygrandchildren,the
LuthuliHousekitchen
andthecountry.
IfPieterandEvitawere
ina relationship,who’d
wearthepants?
Haai, youpeopleare
funny.I’mstillmarried
toOomHasie!
Threepeopleyou’dlike
toinvitetodinner?
If theywerestillalive,I’dinvite
NelsonMandela,[formerBritish
primeminister]MargaretThatch-
erand[formerCapeColonyprime
minister]CecilJohnRhodes.Diepoppe
saldans(“thefatwouldbeinthefire”).
Whatadvicewouldyougiveyour
youngerself?
Alwayshavea cleanhandkerchiefwithyou.Don’t
thinkbadthoughts.Neveruseuntidylanguageand
respect the laws of your family,yourchurchandyourland.Pieter Evita
EVITA BEZUIDENHOUT and PIETER-DIRK UYS on stagetogether?Surelythat’snotpossible?It’s definitely a first, Pietertellsus,andaudienc-
es can expect to see him and his alter ego go head to headinhisnewshowcalled#HeTwo.Wefired some questions atPieterandEvita.FACE-OFF
SURF’S UP!
sufferfromthediseasetoplpease..
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But the boys areenjoyingjy gitso,,somucha gp pJuliana is showing her
sons her favourite child-
hood spots in her home-
town, Recife. They’re
spending quality time
with family, including
(below from far left) her
grandpa Edmundo,
mom Egline and grand-
ma Maria Eugenia.
BELOW: Vincent will
turn five in Brazil.INSTAGRAM/@JULIANAVASCONCELOSSS, STEFAN HURTER, SUPPLIED|^97See #HeTwo in Johannesburg
at Pieter Toerien’s Monte-
casino Theatre from 31 July to
18 August and in Cape Town at
Theatre on the Bay from
27 August to 14 September.