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April 20, 2008

Miss Horowhenua, Samantha Powell, takes Miss Universe New Zealand

Filed under: society, culture, beauty, modelling, New Zealand, Lucire — Lucire staff @ 16.15

Paraparaumu-born Samantha Powell, 20, representing Horowhenua, is the newly crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2008 in a ceremony at the Novotel Ellerslie, near Auckland City.
    Hannah Matthews of Auckland, Miss Masport, is runner-up, followed by Rhonda Grant, Miss TR Designs of Palmerston North.
    Miss Powell says, ‘It’s a real privilege and I’ll do this country proud.’
    She is a team leader at ASB Bank Wellington and returns to the capital for work “as normal” right after the pageant.
    An auction to benefit Look Good Feel Better, the charity which helps women with cancer, raised $3,000 at the function.
    Jack Yan, publisher of Lucire, who judged alongside Look Good Feel Better general manager Yvonne Brownlie, interior designer May Davis, and fashion designers Minh Ta and Patrick Steel, says this year’s judging was far tougher than 2007’s.
    ‘We spent six hours on interviews in 2007. We spent the same amount of time this year with fewer contestants,’ he says.
    ‘We really had to get in to what makes these young women tick.’
    The judges found it was harder to pick a winner as the majority were ‘cosmopolitan and globally minded,’ says Mr Yan.
    Sylvia Laurenson (Miss Bettjemans) and Rebecca Connor (Miss Establishment Bar Wellington) rounded off the top five. 
    Last year’s winner, Laural Barrett, performed a song at the event, as did singing duo Anthony & Edward.
    Miss Powell represents New Zealand at Miss Universe at Nha Trang, Vietnam, on June 17.

2 Comments »

  1. Jack, who gives a fuck? Why don’t you write about things that mean something to humanity? Like dude, you’re actually smarter than this.

    Comment by Paul Earl — June 13, 2008 @ 18.58

  2. Paul, I guess you don’t know that this is the official publicity blog for the pageant as we are a sponsor—or that this is a fashion magazine website, where, to answer your first question, there is an audience that gives a f***. My posts have my name on them if you hunt around, but I’ll still stand by this one as the publisher. Of all people, I’m sure you know that my work blog is elsewhere—I had expected you to be more knowledgeable about their different audiences.

    Comment by Jack Yan — June 14, 2008 @ 0.07

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