Kerry Anne Wells
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Kerry Anne Wells of Australia
was the 1972 winner of the Miss Universe
contest
. She is from East Victoria Park, Western Australia
.
The 1972 pageant was the first to take place place outside the continental United States. That year, it was held in Dorado, Puerto Rico
. Wells was not crowned by her predecessor Georgina Rizk
, but Marisol Malaret
, Miss Universe 1970 who is from Puerto Rico.
Her crowning moment was not shown on television because of a strike threat among pageant electricians. The screen blacked out as her name was announced as the new Miss Universe.
After her reign, she pursued working as a news anchor. Prior to entering the pageants, she worked as a weathergirl.http://www.pageants.coms.ph/muphotos3.html
Wells's Miss Universe victory came in a year that Australian women also won the Miss World
crown, the Miss Asia Pacific title, and placed second in Miss International
.
, Kerry Anne Wells is a successful fashion designer, writer and commentator who speaks out about positive realistic body image and self-esteem. She is involved with BodyThink, a healthy lifestyle program designed for Australian schools.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
was the 1972 winner of the Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
contest
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
. She is from East Victoria Park, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
The 1972 pageant was the first to take place place outside the continental United States. That year, it was held in Dorado, Puerto Rico
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Dorado is a small tourist town in the northern coast of Puerto Rico, west of San Juan and is located in the northern region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Toa Alta, east of Vega Alta, and west of Toa Baja. Dorado is spread over five barrios and Dorado Pueblo...
. Wells was not crowned by her predecessor Georgina Rizk
Georgina Rizk
Georgina Rizk was Lebanon's first and so far only Miss Universe.Rizk was born in Beirut to a Christian household. She was crowned in the Miss Universe pageant in 1971 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. She was the first woman from the Middle East and the fourth woman from Asia to win the title...
, but Marisol Malaret
Marisol Malaret
Marisol Malaret Contreras was the very first Puerto Rican woman to be crowned Miss Universe.-Biography:She started to work from an early age due to the death of her father and chronic illness of her mother...
, Miss Universe 1970 who is from Puerto Rico.
Her crowning moment was not shown on television because of a strike threat among pageant electricians. The screen blacked out as her name was announced as the new Miss Universe.
After her reign, she pursued working as a news anchor. Prior to entering the pageants, she worked as a weathergirl.http://www.pageants.coms.ph/muphotos3.html
Wells's Miss Universe victory came in a year that Australian women also won the Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
crown, the Miss Asia Pacific title, and placed second in Miss International
Miss International
Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...
.
, Kerry Anne Wells is a successful fashion designer, writer and commentator who speaks out about positive realistic body image and self-esteem. She is involved with BodyThink, a healthy lifestyle program designed for Australian schools.