About Michelle

Michelle is a well-known international media personality, entrepreneur and philanthropist as well as a Founding Board Member of the recently established United Way Johannesburg in South Africa.
Won the Miss Universe Title in 1992 at the age of 19 years for Namibia.
She established the Michelle McLean Children Trust, that same year. The Founding President of Namibia Dr. Sam Nujoma has been the Patron since its inception and it has initiated and managed hundreds of projects in this time, including ten projects for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, most notably the Cool Project that assists children in rural areas to get to school, by providing rough terrain bicycles.
They built the Michelle McLean Primary School in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, 14 years ago that provides education for over a 1000 children. The MMCT also provides entrepreneurial and financial skills training to students, as well as extra classes in Math and Science. Project, Operation Snowball, now running for18 years, provides many destitute communities with blankets, clothes and food, especially during the winter months.
She established the Heart of a Child Foundation in 1998 with the late Prof Chris Barnard, the world’s first heart surgeon.
Formerly a UNICEF Ambassador, and Ambassador with Arch Bishop Desmund Tutu for SOS Children’s Villages, a Director of a Property Group, co-founder of Donna Terra Fine Jewelry and a Brands Communication Company in South Africa, Michelle also owns a media training company that assists people with interview basics and public speaking.
Michelle worked with the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland in 2009/2010 where she hosted an event for Former US President Bill Clinton.
She was involved in hosting and coordinating events during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010.
In 1998 Michelle was recognized by Donald Trump, the owner of the Miss Universe Organization and presented with The Life Time Achievement Award for her philanthropy work.
Michelle is presently writing a book. In it she shares with women how to cope with the demands of the beauty industry and the real self-esteem issues that everyone has to deal with on a day to day basis. She is a professional speaker on this topic and an internationally recognized Master of Ceremonies.
Michelle speaks with her husband Gary Bailey, a former Manchester United and England football star, now, a professional international speaker on the topic of “Success under Pressure”, he wrote a book by the same name that outlines these simple, but effective techniques. www.successunderpressure.com.
She recently moved to Miami, Florida with her husband Gary Bailey and his children Lara, Jenna, Ross and her son Luke, she commutes to Namibia for the Michelle McLean Children Trust projects and her Ambassadorial role as a Founding Board Member of the recently established United Way Johannesburg, in South Africa. Further information: please visit Michelle’s website www.mclean-bailey.com or www.mmct.org.na for the Michelle McLean Children Trust.