# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jo-ann-strauss
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:48:40.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jo-ann-strauss"
name: "Jo-Ann Strauss"
slug: "jo-ann-strauss"
description: "Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss is a South African model, public speaker, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. In 2001 she represented her country as Miss South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico as well as at the Miss World pageant hosted at Sun City in her home country in 2001. She was featured in the 2001 music video of the Irish pop group Westlife's single \"When You're Looking Like That\"."
tagline: "South African entrepreneur and former Miss South Africa contest winner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jo-Ann_Strauss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1981-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.690966666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  187
  category: null
totalFollowers: 379
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jo_annstrauss"
    handle:    "jo_annstrauss"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jo_annstrauss/"
    handle:    "jo_annstrauss"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/joann.strauss"
    handle:    "joann.strauss"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3932978/"
    handle:    "nm3932978"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joannstrauss.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2YWjk0FVpwYZAxiL7eK3EA"
    handle:    "@jo-annstrauss8984"
    followers: 379
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ann_Strauss"
    title: "Jo-Ann Strauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ann_Strauss"
    title: "Jo-Ann Strauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A2%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جو آن ستراوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A2%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جو آن ستراوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ann_Strauss"
    title: "Jo-Ann Strauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ann_Strauss"
    title: "Jo-Ann Strauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ann_Strauss"
    title: "Jo-Ann Strauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ann_Strauss"
    title: "Jo-Ann Strauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo-Ann_Strauss"
    title: "Jo-Ann Strauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689855"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump