MOTSI MABUSE

To feel like someone is excluded is something I'm very sensitive about. I'd never want any human being to feel that they are not welcome because of a certain thing, whether it's religion, sexual orientation, their sex or their skin colour.

My favourite part of Christmas is being together as a family.

I've learnt the power of words. I've had the worst thrown at me.

I respect traditions, you can't walk all over them, but at the same time our world is changing. Life is about moving on.

In a way, it is easier to be the younger sibling, as the older one has to pave the way.

I don't want my daughter to ever feel that she can't do something because of her skin colour.

I don't get that involved in politics because I'm in my dance bubble.

One of the main points everywhere in my life is fairness. Coming from South Africa and being treated unfairly all your life because of your skin colour, that's been a huge point.

I'd always dreamed of a fairytale wedding.

I always say to my friends and my family, 'Let us live in a space that if we never see each other again we don't have bad energy there.'

I missed my youth because I was dancing, I didn't do all the crazy stuff. I didn't have boyfriends or anything - the first man I met I married!

In Germany, you have to see that there are not a lot of black people in the media. I am a tiny bit of colour on German TV and there are a lot of kids who write to me.

You'll always have someone attacking you in some way. But it's weird from someone who's never met you.

There is a word in German, called gerechterweise, which means fairness. I need to be fair, it's just the part of my personality.

The biggest issue for me has been the language because I speak so much German now. I've had to focus on my English and find more words to describe what I want to say and also soften my tone. It was quite stiff from 20 years of speaking German, so when I started speaking more English, oh my god, my tongue was like: 'Argh'!

I just want my daughter to grow up in a society where she feels accepted being South African, German and Ukrainian.

In South Africa there are many women with a large chest. There you are not embarrassed when you visit a lingerie store to get a bra fitted.

I've danced before, so I know how it feels to stand in front of judges and be critiqued.

People usually first ask me about 'Let's Dance' and then they ask me about my decollete.

I am absolutely overjoyed to be joining 'Strictly.' I have so much respect for the other judges and hope to add my own bit of sparkle to the show.

I'm so thankful for dance because if I had grown up with just the bitterness of the very hard childhood we had, and I'd never 'experienced the love of the dance world, then I probably would have been a very sad person.

Growing up in a system that tells you just because of your skin colour you are not good enough - you learn at a very young age to toughen up.

I have found clarity in my head and heart from being a mum.

I know how it feels to work hard and to work with a celebrity.

I have learned that it's OK for me to say no to things.