They first saw Anastasia from a distance in the audience of a talent show and later met her face-to-face accompanied by a nurse and doctor, Josh Johnston said.
She had moved to Johannesburg six years ago after she was chosen to become the first face of Avon cosmetics in South Africa, her profile on the show's website says.
But just like Carrie Bradshaw and her friends on the show Sex and the City had trouble finding their paths in the chaos of Manhattan, innovators face similar challenges in finding ways to survive and thrive in their ecosystems.
Likely beginning in late 2011, the hour-long series could air two to three times a week on the Oprah Winfrey Network. (Winfrey is contractually barred from hosting another chatfest until her syndicated talk show concludes in September of the same year.) Next Chapter will reportedly follow Winfrey as she takes her bold-face interview subjects to global locales like Egypt and China.