Jo-Ann Strauss celebrates 10th wedding anniversary: 'What an incredible journey'
Jo-Ann Strauss is celebrating a decade of marriage.
Former Miss South Africa Jo-Ann Strauss is celebrating her 10-year wedding anniversary with a rare glimpse of her husband, Michael Held.
The former 'Top Billing' presenter shared a sweet post on her Instagram to celebrate the milestone.
"10 years ago, today. Celebrating a decade of marriage and what an incredible journey it has been. So grateful to have and have had these guardian angels at my side," she wrote on Thursday.
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The past few months have been difficult for Jo-Ann following the death of her brother Heinrich. She paid tribute to Heinrich in her wedding anniversary post.
The media personality also revealed that her mother has dementia - a condition that causes memory loss, confusion, and difficulty speaking.
"So much has changed and so much has remained the same. My dad and my husband - truly our rocks. My brother was my man of honour and I miss him so much. Dementia has sadly taken my mom as I knew her in this picture, but I love her then and now and am grateful for everything. Sometimes you have to let go and let God."
Jo-Ann rarely shares pictures of her husband, a German Orthopedic surgeon, and their four children. When the beauty-queen-turned-businesswoman does show her kids on her social media pages, she is careful not to show their faces.
She revealed in 2016 that she chooses to keep her family secret for their own protection. The 41-year-old says social media can be a very cruel place.
"As someone who has spent nearly half of her life in the media, I am relatively comfortable with people discussing me, sometimes in a negative light, on social media and the glare of public scrutiny.
“However, neither my husband nor our children signed up for this scrutiny and out of respect for them, I try to keep them out of the media as far as I can," she wrote on her Modern Mommy blog.
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Jo-Ann's parents celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary in October last year. She described her parents as her "absolute love inspiration".
"They met "online" - they used radios to communicate in those days. Two young people from Elsies River and Ravensmead who met on weekends and fell in love. They defied all odds and managed to raise a family with more love than one could wish for. We grew up with such happiness and are grateful to be the product of this union ... over 4 decades ago. True rolemodels," Jo-Ann wrote.
Jo-Ann and her family live in Cape Town in their new house. The star and her husband built their dream home from scratch.
She shared the journey on her 'Building Between Babies' IGTV series. They found the home in 2011 in what Jo-Ann described as her dream location. The home has amazing views of Table Mountain!
"We have filmed the entire journey from the planning to the demolition to where we are now over a few years and are so proud to share and hopefully inspire you on your building journey. We have literally built in between newborns and toddlers and when we look back, what a crazy rollercoaster it's been," Jo-Ann wrote on Instagram last year.
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