And the cross-cultural casting of the year award goes to…Nando’s. Thanks to this fast food giant, us Africa-descended women have finally conquered the Australian mainstream advertising world, following in the footsteps of the beautiful ‘Delilah’ from those oh-so-classy Campbells Cash ‘n’Carry ads of yesteryear.

Centrestage in the recent Lick It Up campaign, 2008’s ‘Delilah’ is seated at a Nando’s table with a group of supposedly ‘unusual people’ (advertising industry-speak for ‘freaks’). Head thrown back in anticipation, she dangles a frog over her mouth on billboards all over the country. Move over Marsha Hines and Trisha Goddard and let me at that Peri Peri sauce.

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