Kelly Brook and Ultimo to part ways
Ultimo does not seem to be having much luck with its spokeswomen, as news emerges that Kelly Brook, signed only a few months ago, will part ways with the company. A report in Marketing indicates that Brook proposed that she would pose for Playboy and appear topless in Loaded, which would place her in […]
BMW shows new 5er Touring in motion
Is this the prettiest estate car launched this year? BMW’s latest 5er Touring seems to bring elegance back to the executive market, and it promises to be one of the best all-rounders available. Here’s your chance to see it in motion early—up till now we had only seen stills. You may also like Mini releases […]
Hungarian Designer of the Year, Dora Abodi, gets a David Bowie beat
Of all the designs that wound up in our world of late, the work of award-winning Hungarian Dora Abodi caught our eye. Abodi won Designer of the Year at the Hungarian Fashion Awards a few weeks ago. Having launched her label in March 2009, Abodi describes her work as funky, extravagant and avant-garde, […]
Ria van Dyke is the new Miss Universe New Zealand
Jin Cowan Top Ria van Dyke, Miss New Zealand 2010. Centre Runner-up Danijela Unkovich, Miss East Auckland; Samantha Powell, co-MC and Miss New Zealand 2008; Ria van Dyke, Miss New Zealand 2010; Katie Taylor, Miss New Zealand 2009; second runner-up Caren Freeman, Miss Auckland. Above This year’s contestants after the crowning. Auckland-based Ria van Dyke, […]
Museum Hotel gives Miss Universe New Zealand an Apprentice setting
Above The Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 judging panel: Samantha Hannah, Evana Patterson, Jack Yan (in the chair), Dina Janse van Rensburg and Carl Manderson. If you caught my last post, you’ll know that I wasn’t with our Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants until the evening. I awaited the arrival of Evana Patterson, with […]
Lucire gives away two tickets to Miss Universe New Zealand ’10
While I await my fellow judge Evana Patterson to arrive in Wellington this afternoon—and lead the panel into a quick briefing—Lucire is going to give away two tickets to Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 at the Duxton Hotel, Wellington, for Saturday night, 7.30 p.m. It’s the show only, with no dinner. The two best […]
Girard-Perregaux launches limited-edition flagship
Above The new Girard-Perregaux Biaxial Tourbillon. Left The 1860s’ yellow gold Tourbillon chronometer. Girard-Perregaux has announced a limited-edition (to 33 pieces) watch, the Biaxial Tourbillon, in white gold. Inspired by an 1860s’ pocket watch created by Constant Girard-Perregaux, which won a first-class prize from the Neuchâtel Observatory, the new model features a cage that […]
Day 5: Miss New Zealands, unite!
Top Uma Lele with Rosie de Malmanche (sponsored by A Team Debt Consultants) at Farmers Lambton Quay. Above Miss Universe New Zealand 2009 Katie Taylor fields questions from this year’s entrants from the penthouse suite at the Museum Hotel. The Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants might not have stopped Parliament today (see the parliamentary […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2010 contestants stop Parliament
From top The contestants at the steps of Parliament. The Hon Maurice Williamson MP receives glamorous guests—calling it a highlight of his political career. Before heading to Parliament, at Bowen Street. It’s not every day that you can stop a session of Parliament. But that’s exactly what happened today as the Miss Universe New […]
Miss New Zealand ’09, Katie Taylor, models Natalie Chan
Nix Katie Taylor, who remains Miss Universe New Zealand till she hands her crown over at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington on Saturday night, is the latest model for fashion designer, milliner and head-wear designer Natalie Chan. Chan, whose works out of her premises on Parnell Road, Auckland, spent a day shooting Taylor modelling […]
