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SUPPORTING CAST

PAULA RYAN

PAULA RYAN

The Fashion queen of New Zealand Paula Ryan is one of the wittiest and funny women around . Along side David Hartnell Paula was on the judging panel of many contests and it is great to have her onboard the documentary .

DI GOLDSWORTHY

DI GOLDSWORTHY

Di Goldsworthy or Aunty Di to many is a true Auckland legend. A style icon and a former judge of many Miss New Zealand contests she brings her charm and personal stories to the documentary about most of the winners.

CHERYL WHITING

CHERYL WHITING

Cheryl ran the Miss New Zealand contest after Joe Brown passed away in the late 1980s and have a lot of great stories and is the grandmother of Holly Michelle Cassidy who took the crown in 2013.

TRELISE COOPER

TRELISE COOPER

Dame Trelise Cooper DNZM is a fashion designer from New Zealand.[1] Her designs have featured in magazines such as Vogue, Marie Claire, Women's Wear Daily, InStyle and the television series Sex and the City.Breaking down the evening and national competition clothes our winners wore Trelise gives her views on what was hot and what was not !

ANGELA TAYLOR

ANGELA TAYLOR

Top model agent in the 1980s Angela Taylor once had 3 Miss New Zealand winners on her books in the same year ! She talks about how model competitions took over in the late 1980s and how that was the the fall for the contest. Good bye Miss NZ and hello Supermodels !

JANE DE-GROEN

JANE DE-GROEN

I previously interviewed Jane for "The Model Diaries" and its wonderful to include all the extra footage of her I filmed in the new doco. We chatted about the contest and how she was the booker at June Dally Watkins back in the day and looked after a lot of the winners with her advice .

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