Amber Peebles, Miss World New Zealand 2003–4, chills out with Lucire, telling Jack Yan about her make-up training, her experience in Japan and her spirituality

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he’s a self-confessed city girl, a formally trained make-up artist who’s equally happy doing her own make-up, drives a Suzuki SUV—and just happens to be Miss World New Zealand 2003–4.
   Wellington-born Amber Peebles, who moved away from the capital as a child and is now Auckland-based, took the title at the national competition in August. With a voice that could be equated to an antipodean Lauren Bacall, one cannot make a mistake the minute she begins speaking: she’s no stereotypical beauty queen who’s all about “world peace”.

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