Harlem-Cruz Ihaia crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2017
Alan Raga Harlem-Cruz Ihaia was crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2017 at Skycity Theatre before an international audience in 51 countries, including a national television audience watching live on Bravo TV in New Zealand and a stream right here at Lucire. The 19-year-old bilingual kohanga reo teacher from Napier won both the Entrepreneurial Challenge, […]
Gareth Cattermole; Anthony Ghnassia; Daniele Venturelli The AmFAR Gala is traditionally the biggest do during the Festival de Cannes, and this year was no exception. The events had kicked off on Wednesday with a party for Persol, the Torino-founded eyewear brand, which celebrated its centenary. In partnership with AmFAR, the event took place on […]
Alicia Aylies, Miss Guyane, wins Miss France 2017
TF1/SIPA Press/Bertrand Noël Via Alicia Aylies/Twitter Alicia Aylies, Miss Guyane, has been crowned Miss France 2017. She is 18 years old, and a first-year law student. Vaea Ferrand, Miss Tahiti, was runner-up, with Morgane Thérésine, Miss Guadeloupe, second-runner-up. Justine Kamara (Miss Lorraine) came fourth. The competition was held at the Montpellier exhibition centre, […]
Tania Dawson crowned Miss Universe New Zealand 2016 in front of sold-out audience
Alan Raga Above: The moment: Tania Dawson hears the news that she’s been working toward for most of 2016, that she is the new Miss Universe New Zealand. Centre: After the announcement, Samantha McClung crowns her successor, Tania Dawson, Miss Universe New Zealand 2016. Above: Second runner-up Larissa Allen (left) and runner-up Seresa Lapaz (right) […]
Miss Universe New Zealand beauty secrets: how to look like a contestant
Alan Raga/www.alanraga.com Above: Semifinalist Mia Hofsteede and finalists Seresa Lapaz and Elizabeth Lorimer with some of the products Miss Universe New Zealand contestants received. Have you ever wanted to embody the flair and confidence of a Miss Universe contestant? Well now you can as we have access to some of the beauty products given to […]
In photos: what happened when Miss Universe 2015 host Steve Harvey read the wrong winner’s name
Miss Universe 2015, broadcast from Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday night, will be remembered for years for the crowning of Miss Universe Colombia, Ariadna María Gutiérrez, after host Steve Harvey read her name wrongly as the winner, and the removal of her crown less than five minutes later in favour of the correct winner, Miss […]
Miss Universe New Zealand represented on inaugural Philippine Airlines flight from Auckland
Jack Yan Top Miss Universe New Zealand 2015 second runner-up Gabrielle Manaloto, who was born in the Philippines, at Auckland Airport before boarding her flight on Philippine Airlines to Manila. Centre Gabrielle Manaloto with the captains of the Airbus A320. Above Gabrielle Manaloto and Miss Universe New Zealand CEO Nigel Godfrey. Miss Universe New Zealand […]
Samala Cosmetics: part of the magic behind the scenes at Miss Universe New Zealand 2015
Alan Raga The Miss Universe New Zealand Grand Final at Skycity Theatre, Auckland, on October 24 saw the return of two winning teams behind the scenes: Samala Robinson Academy and Premier Hairdressing Academy, both of which went all out to make sure the 20 finalists, as well as some of the VIPs, looked as stunning […]
This year’s Miss Universe New Zealand 2015 semifinalists received, in their goody bags, Manuka Doctor’s ApiRefine Illusionist Rapid Lift Mask, which the company equates to ‘an instant facelift in a jar’. Already a well known New Zealand firm abroad, where it launched first, Manuka Doctor has won two awards for the mask, which features […]
Sonam Kapoor, Natalie Portman, Li Bing Bing, Natasha Poly, Laetitia Guarino shine on Cannes’ day 4
Andreas Rentz Neilson Barnard Natalie Portman’s directorial début, A Tale of Love and Darkness, is an adaptation of Amoz Oz’s novel, looking at the founding of the state of Israel when he was a boy. Wearing a strapless black-and-white Dior dress with a full skirt from the spring–summer 2015 collection, Portman evoked the house’s postwar […]
