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Number 75 on the 2024 list
Nara Smith is a food creator and model from South Africa, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for her from-scratch cooking videos, which drew more than 8 million TikTok followers.
Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to a South African mother and a German father, Nara Smith became one of 2024's most talked-about food creators for making everything from scratch. TODAY reported in June 2024 that she had more than 8 million TikTok followers and described a video in which she made homemade cereal for her toddlers. In March 2024 South African press profiled her as a South African-born cooking sensation.