<div style="text-align: justify"><span style="color:#222222">The latest edition of the hit reality TV show franchise follows the opulent lives of six of the most glamorous women in Africa's largest megacity: businesswoman Carolyna Hutchings, lawyer and luxury hair brand owner Chioma Ikokwu, Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo, influencer Laura Ikeji-Kanu, PR expert Mariam Timmer, and celebrity stylist Toyin Lawani-Adebayo. </span><span style="color:#222222">In true Lagos style, they will be serving up all the high fashion, luxury, drama, and power-moves that the franchise is known and loved for globally.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify"><span style="color:#222222">South Africa's biggest stars turned out en masse in their finest at last night's pink carpet South African premiere, hosted by Bonang Matheba at Summerplace in Sandton, Johannesburg. Chioma, Iyabo, Mariam, and Toyin all jetted in for the event, where they were joined by </span><em>The Real Housewives of Durban</em><span style="color:#222222">'s Annie Ludick-Mthembu, Jojo Robinson, LaConco, Londie London, and Nonku Williams. Twitter had a lot to say about who had the best looks - the start of what looks set to be a juicy rivalry between the two shows, with #RHODurban trending at number two on Twitter in South Africa, just behind #RHOLagos, at the time of writing.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#222222">The Johannesburg premiere comes hot on the heels of the </span><em>RHOLagos </em><span style="color:#222222">premiere held at the magnificent The Jewel Aedia in Lekki, Lagos, hosted by Toke Makinwa (talk show host on </span><em>BBNaija: The Buzz </em><span style="color:#222222">and </span><em>Talk with Toke Makinwa</em><span style="color:#222222">).</span></div>
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<div><em>RHOLagos </em><span style="color:#222222">will be the first Nigerian instalment of the award-winning franchise, distributed internationally by NBCUniversal Formats, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. This also marks the 16th international version of </span><em>The Real Housewives</em><span style="color:#222222"> format and the third African adaptation, following the success of </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/315/296a4inhdk15l640twu3jhjg8/2/ac44dfef12d217c4ae8d803f045d3a376489bde65c2c1815b457efc12773d873" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank"><em>The Real Housewives of Johannesburg</em></a> <span style="color:#222222">and </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/315/296a4inhdk15l640twu3jhjg8/3/3fb3a9c92c162170328b7aec5dcf6eccd6be85d7679049664f3d1bcd243a3e33" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank"><em>Durban</em></a><span style="color:#222222">, both now streaming on Showmax. </span></div>
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<div><em>RHOLagos </em><span style="color:#222222">will stream on Showmax throughout Africa, the United Kingdom and other international markets such as Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.</span></div>
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<div><em>The Real Housewives of Durban</em><span style="color:#222222"> released its penultimate episode today, ahead of the finale next Friday, 15 April 2022, with a reunion scheduled for early May 2022. In today's episodes, the queens rule over Sun City - but where there is sun, there is bound to be shade!</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#222222">Watch </span><em>The Real Housewives of Lagos' </em><span style="color:#222222">new launch trailer: </span></div>
<div><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/1/b2c9bd760095c8dd04b87cb4a9b6e296cebbea57f590fa0236178987170d9277" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/j6OHjULQAh8</a></div>
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<div><span style="color:#222222">Meet the housewives: </span></div>
<div><span style="color:#222222">Carolyna Hutchings: </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/2/c571a27d014c9b7765f9be169887a4ba5f891c16c87106a0b35a6acc6fd7cd45" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/MlqwM5TOhe4</a></div>
<div><span style="color:#222222">Chioma Ikokwu: </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/3/d8bd40110a301d99f195f8f1029668e307f93e45cad1338d1718a5c1d9c9c757" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSkuY4-i_0Y</a></div>
<div><span style="color:#222222">Iyabo Ojo: </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/4/b20a3cb27a8c55173e27fefc7f84e1e2ea9fea7e75772451851844fd1d9406d6" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qheJ2Vdjzfk</a></div>
<div><span style="color:#222222">Laura Ikeji-Kanu: </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/5/05d78a316a908318902a56e82a780d88df5de1cdb3b9c14cb89c6830a4c50021" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XmnUjRTRgvM</a></div>
<div><span style="color:#222222">Mariam Timmer: </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/6/33cc702053ee5f8ebc1bdd11c5635f26f906e651e209d042d261b6aaf1b8cd81" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-YpF9AuI8Q</a></div>
<div><span style="color:#222222">Toyin Lawani-Adebo: </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/7/7c21a4d5d31b083bb329c3de94b7b740852b26376a1f699520f503995ad6711c" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA0HulvxgIc</a></div>
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<div><span style="color:#222222">Watch </span><em>The Real Housewives of Lagos</em><span style="color:#222222"> first on Showmax:</span></div>
<div><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/8/bbd87f1c63d56727a8906868cf95beada74c78904783e7351038c8b0a8556da4" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank">https://www.showmax.com/eng/tvseries/2sxechu5-the-real-housewives-of-lagos</a></div>
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<div><span style="color:#222222">Watch this week's teaser for </span><em>The Real Housewives of Durban</em><span style="color:#222222">: </span></div>
<div><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/9/ed533fa32ee61c1931dc59f361a239b32cd4ea4f61eb982bfff490c09387276f" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #1155cc" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/rJl0M5Oswko</a></div>
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<div><span style="color:#222222">Watch </span><em>The Real Housewives of Durban S2</em><span style="color:#222222"> first on Showmax: </span><a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/291/xkgjzdw1p5c97bkud9i71oqq/10/5bc3532985fd1d054111318f92573777cd3065dbd57a321d9a322f9a9e7f46d4" rel="noreferrer" style="color: #222222" target="_blank">https://www.showmax.com/eng/tvseries/rqt1s4ns-the-real-housewives-of-durban</a></div>
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<div><span style="color:#222222">Follow the conversation online with #RHOLagos and #RHODurban. </span></div>