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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Seamus Duff

Strictly's Oti Mabuse recalls parent's horror when she quit career to become dancer

Oti Mabuse says she left her parents disappointed when she turned her back on a career as an engineer to become a professional dancer.

The 31-year-old is well known for her glitterball trophy winning turns on Strictly Come Dancing – and more recently as a judge on rival show Dancing On Ice.

But things would have turned out very differently for Oti if she had followed her original career path that saw her achieving a degree in civil engineering.

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