Bettinah Tianah
{{short description|Ugandan actress, model}}
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| birth_name = Betty Nassali
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Uganda
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| nationality = Ugandan
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| occupation = TV Presenter, actress and fashion model
| education = St. Mary’s College Kitende
| alma mater = Makerere University Business School
Cavendish University Uganda
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Bettinah Tianah (born Betty Nassali; 10 November 1993) is a Ugandan television personality, actress, model, and fashionista. She is known for hosting television programs like Youth Voice, Be My Date,{{cite web |title=Be My Date's Bettinah Tianah is Single And Waiting |url=https://www.howwe.biz/news/showbiz/12162/bettinah-tianah-single |website=Howwe |accessdate=13 October 2018}} and The Style Project. She also played a lead role (Rhona) in The Hostel television series.
Career
At the age of 15, Tianah started working at NBS Television as the host of Youth Voice. She later hosted a matchmaking television show called Be My Date{{cite news |title=NTV’S Be My Date is back on air: Bettinah Tianah replaces Fabiola |url=https://matookerepublic.com/2015/08/30/ntvs-be-my-date-is-back-on-air-bettinah-tianah-replaces-fabiola/ |accessdate=14 October 2018 |agency=Matooke Republic}}{{cite news |title=Sexy Photos of Bettinah Tianah, the new ‘Be My Date’ Presenter |url=https://campusbee.ug/news/gossip/sexy-photos-of-bettinah-tianah-the-new-be-my-date-presenter/ |accessdate=14 October 2018 |agency=Campus Bee}} in 2015 on NTV Uganda, replacing Anita Fabiola, and has hosted a fashion show called The Style Project from 2017 to March 2022 when she resigned to concentrate on her own business BT Beauty Uganda.{{cite news |last1=Ruby |first1=Josh |title=Why Bettinah Tianah Resigned From NTV Uganda |url=https://mbu.ug/2022/03/15/why-bettinah-tianah-resigned-from-ntv-uganda/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |agency=Mbu}}{{cite news |last1=Paavo |first1=Riaz |title=Bettinah Tianah resigns from TV role, reveals next plan |url=https://www.matookerepublic.com/2022/03/11/bettinah-tianah-resigns-from-tv-role-reveals-next-plan/ |access-date=28 April 2022 |agency=Matooke Republic}} Tianah landed her first acting role as Rhona, a "bad girl" on the Ugandan television series The Hostel in its fourth and last season.
Tianah hosted the red carpet event at the UNAA Convention in Washington D.C., becoming the first Ugandan to host the event.{{cite web |title=Bettinah Tianah red Carpet Host For UNAA Causes 2018 |url=http://www.ghafla.com/ug/6198-2/ |website=Ghafla |accessdate=13 October 2018}} She is also a model, having signed with Creative Industries Group in 2017. She held her first photoshoot in Paris.{{cite web |title=Photos of Bettinah Tianah's strutting on the streets of Paris |url=https://campusbee.ug/fashion/photos-bettinah-tianahs-strutting-streets-paris/ |website=Campus Bee |accessdate=13 October 2018}}
She later opened up her own company known as BT Beauty Uganda
Personal life
Tianah holds a degree in journalism from Cavendish University. She had earlier enrolled for a degree in Human Resources Management at Makerere University Business School (MUBS), but dropped out to pursue a journalism career.{{cite news |title=Bettinah Tianah Celebrated Her Graduation in True ‘Bettinah Tianah Style’ |url=http://satisfashionug.com/bettinah-tianah-celebrated-her-graduation-in-true-bettinah-tianah-style/ |accessdate=14 October 2018 |agency=Satisfashion Ug}}
References
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External links
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Category:Ugandan television presenters