Peeking into the life of Slay Queen Eldine Lewis
Eldine Lewis
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Eldine Lewis
Lewis, from the Eastern Cape, quit her job in banking to become a slay queen.
“I was just fed up with a nine-to-five job,” she says.
She lost 20kg and shared her weight-loss journey on Instagram. As she sat at home thinking of how she could make money from her story, she received a direct message from a modelling agent asking if she would be keen to become a club host.
That was the beginning of her new career. Today, she describes herself as one who lives a lavish life at someone else’s expense.
“People compensate me to entertain them – for my time and beauty – without wanting sex as a trade exchange,” she explains.
Now she makes about R40 000 a month, more if she “isn’t lazy”. Club hosts also receive 10% of what the big spenders splash out on alcohol for the night.
“We get this money just to play along for a night. I have the best job in the whole world. I don’t regret quitting my previous job,” she says.
Lewis says many have “misconceptions” about club hosting and think patrons demand sex, but she has friends who found their soulmates while on the job.
“Today they are married and have families.”
