Nicole Scherzinger may still be an X Factor judge, but in the original version of the TV show. Her stint as a guest judge had proved popular that ITN is predicting that she may well head on to the show as a regular. The first trailer of Les Misérables has made it on the […]
Month: May 2012
Miss Universe New Zealand 2012, day 4: beauty at Farmers, and fashion in Upper Hutt
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 […]
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 […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2012, day 2: starting with Wellington City Council and Parliament
Top Ivy, Kilmarnock Heights Home’s oldest resident at 105, on the left, especially attends the visits from the Miss Universe New Zealand contestants each year. Above Avianca Böhm, Miss Howick, exchanges knitting tips with a resident. The second full day of Miss Universe New Zealand was probably the busiest of the week, other than the […]
Miss Universe New Zealand 2012: the events begin
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 […]
Mădălina Ghenea, Béatrice Rosen at Cannes; Nicole Kidman on her DIY make-up for The Paperboy
Getty Images Olivier Borde Top Mădălina Ghenea wearing Montblanc Riviera necklace and bracelet and PGM Petales de roses earrings. Above Béatrice Rosen wearing Montblanc PGM Petales de roses earrings and bracelet. At the press conference for The Paperboy at the Cannes Film Festival, star Nicole Kidman says she had to do her own make-up and […]
Over and above: what will it take to win Miss Universe New Zealand 2012?
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 […]
Irina Shayk, Isabeli Fontana, Ana Beatriz Barros among celebrities at AmFAR Cinema Against Aids ball
The latest celebrities to be snapped at the Festival de Cannes at the AmFAR Cinema Against Aids annual ball at the Hôtel du Cap included Irina Shayk, Isabeli Fontana, Dite Anata, Hanaa ben Abdelssem, Ana Beatriz Barros, Elsa Zylberstein, Michelle Rodriguez, and Kelly Rutherford, whose photographs here are courtesy of de Grisogono—happy that their jewellery […]
Vogue Archive goes online for free for Wellington library users
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. […]
Photographed: Irina Shayk, Whitney Able, Inès de la Fressange at Cannes events
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 […]