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Miss Universe New Zealand 2012, day 4: beauty at Farmers, and fashion in Upper Hutt

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Above The Miss Universe New Zealand 2012 contestants: Talia Bennett (Miss North Harbour, sponsored by Tuscany Road), Alex Beaumont (Miss Nature Coast), Avianca Böhm (Miss Howick), Rachel Millns (Miss Hutt Valley), Lauren Mann (Miss Wellington), Courtney Ramsdale (Miss Celsius), Miriam Schröter (Miss Manawatu), Rénée Cummings (Miss Wairarapa), Monique Cooley (Miss Otago) and Jennifer Lambly (Miss […]

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Miss Universe New Zealand 2012, day 3: Billy Connolly steps in, Te Papa, and Shika Braddock’s evening wear show

May 30, 2012/14.24

Te Papa Above At Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand today: Jennifer Lambly (Miss Auckland), Alex Beaumont (Miss Nature Coast, formerly Miss Kapiti–Horowhenua), Monique Cooley (Miss Otago), Avianca Böhm (Miss Howick), Lauren Mann (Miss Wellington), Courtney Ramsdale (Miss Celsius), and Talia Bennett (Miss North Harbour, sponsored by Tuscany Road). Te Papa’s Bridget MacDonald, Lucire […]

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Miss Universe New Zealand 2012: the events begin

May 28, 2012/1.27

Day one of the Miss Universe New Zealand 2012 pageant has been completed. The 10 contestants from around the country have had their fittings with both Louise Stichbury for a fashion show later this week, and Shika Braddock, for an eveningwear show on the 30th.    They also had a relaxing dinner with a view […]

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Over and above: what will it take to win Miss Universe New Zealand 2012?

May 25, 2012/14.47

Angela Scott Above Priyani Puketapu, Miss Universe New Zealand 2011, whose successor will be crowned on June 3. Tomorrow, the events for Miss Universe New Zealand begin. The contestants don’t converge on the Museum Art Hotel till Sunday, but the preparations begin: the pageant director, Val Lott, and her husband, arrive in Wellington, and any […]

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Vogue Archive goes online for free for Wellington library users

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Top The screen which you arrive at after clicking through to the Vogue Archive. Above A Jean Shrimpton spread from the Archive. Anyone with a current Wellington City Library card—one that has been active in the past two years—now has access to the entire archive of Vogue (the US edition) from 1892, for free.   […]

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Photographed: Irina Shayk, Whitney Able, Inès de la Fressange at Cannes events

May 24, 2012/10.52

Before the de Grisogono extravaganza, Irina Shayk arrived at a photo call on Tuesday at the Hôtel Martinez in a short silver dress. Other celebrities were spotted in the past two days that we now have photographs of: Terry Gilliam; Sarah Gadon and Carmen Chaplin, wearing Jaeger-LeCoultre watches; Gabriella Wright and Béatrice Rosen, wearing Montblanc […]

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