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	The Spastic Centre: History: Miss Australia Awards
		The Miss Australia Awards was a major fundraising initiative of the Spastic Centres of Australia and raised considerable funds to help bridge the gap between available government funding and actual costs of services for children and adults with cerebral palsy.
		The Miss Australia Awards was sponsored and organised from 1954 until the early 1960s by the lingerie manufacturer, Hickory, until Dowd Associates transferred the ownership to the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association in 1963.
		The Miss Australia Awards was about celebrating the success of young Australian women, and unmarried men since the early 1990s, and operated as a forum where individuals could achieve their potential both personally and professionally, whilst making a contribution to the lives of people with disabilities.
	www.thespasticcentre.com.au /services/about_tsc/history/miss_australia.htm (529 words)

	Miss Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miss Australia is the title for the winner of the Miss Australia Quest/Awards, which ran from 1954 until 2000, when the last "Miss Australia" was called.
		The title of "Miss Australia" had existed since 1908, although it was not until 1954[1] that it became associated with The Spastic Centres of Australia.
		"The Miss Australia Quest" was sponsored and organised from 1954 until the early 1960s by the lingerie manufacturer, Hickory, until Dowd Associates transferred the ownership to the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association in 1963.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miss_Australia (545 words)

	Miss World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Miss World is the largest, longest running and arguably the most prestigious of all global beauty contests (although Miss Universe is typically viewed as more prestigous in countries in North and Central America).
		Miss World has raised millions of pounds for charities around the globe under the banner of its ‘Beauty with a Purpose’ programme, and is credited with directly influencing a dramatic increase in tourism in Sanya, China, home to Miss World for the past three years.
		The 55th staging of Miss World in Sanya, China in 2005 meant that for the first time, all the major beauty pageants were staged in the same continent (Asia): Miss Universe in Thailand, Miss Earth in the Philippines, and Miss International in Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miss_World (1738 words)

	Miss World 1981 - 1990
		Miss Barbados, Nina McIntosh Clarke said about Hutt: "Miss UK was not the prettiest girl; we all think the judges were wrong." We disagree with both: Sarah-Jane's beauty, elegance and poise are hard to beat.
		Miss USA, Halle Berry, shocked the audience and fellow contestants with her national costume, which was a skimpy flesh-colored body stocking, embroidered with ropes of beads and a few strategically placed stars.
		Misses Mauritius and US Virgin Islands were the only women from their countries to have ever placed in a major international pageant.
	www.geocities.com /kingdomofmissworld/world1981-1990.html (1387 words)

	Miss Australia wins Miss Universe title
		The five Miss Universe 2004 finalists, Miss Trinidad and Tobago Danielle Jones, Miss Australia Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Puerto Rico Alba Reyes, Miss USA Shandi Finnessey and Miss Paraguay Yanina Gonzalez (L-R) pose in their evening gowns during the live broadcast of the Miss Universe pageant in Quito, Equador, June 1, 2004.
		Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins of Australia poses in her evening gown during a live broadcast of the Miss Universe pageant in Quito, June 1, 2004.
		Miss USA Shandi Finnessey (L) and Miss Australia Jennifer Hawkins await the final decision in the 2004 Miss Universe contest in Quito, June 1, 2004.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-06/02/content_335870.htm (917 words)

	National Museum of Australia - Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest
		The Miss Australia Quest ran continuously from 1953 until 2000 and was arguably the longest running, most popular and most successful charitable event in Australia's history.
		Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest is an exhibition that traces the history of the quest from humble beginnings in 1907, through to its final year in 2000.
		The Miss Australia crown and the Miss Australia Charity Queen tiara are highlights of the exhibition.
	www.nma.gov.au /exhibitions/now_showing/miss_australia_a_nations_quest (164 words)

	Miss World Australia 2006 Official Website
		In other words the judges will be looking for a young lady who will be an example to young people, not only in making the best of her physical attributes, but also her talent, for this is the ingredient on which she will rely for her progress at the conclusion of her Year of Office.
		Miss World Australia will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Poland to represent Australia at Miss World, the most- watched annual television event in the world.
		The winner of Miss World Australia should be able to have heads turn when she walks into a room.
	www.missworldaustralia.com.au /about.htm (502 words)

	Museum caps Miss Australia's crown - National - theage.com.au
		It's the crown that decorated the hairdos of decades of Miss Australias, and yesterday it found a new home as a prized relic in the archive of the National Museum of Australia.
		Michelle Downes, the 1973 Miss Australia, was there for yesterday's official handover of the crown, evoking a world of formal gowns, backcombed hairdos and chaperones.
		"Miss Australia was expected to be above reproach - and that was tough," she recalled.
	www.theage.com.au /news/National/Museum-caps-Miss-Australias-crown/2005/05/18/1116361613723.html?from=moreStories (409 words)

	Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest
		Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest, traces the history of the competition, from its beginnings as a magazine promotion in 1908, to its ascendancy as a national cultural event and its end at the turn of the millennium.
		The Miss Australia exhibition traces the quest's popularity, which peaked in the 1950s and 1960s, when the national winners were front page news.
		The Miss Australia exhibition also follows the competition's changing fortunes, as it faced challenges from feminist and lobby groups for the disabled, declining public interest and participation levels and the debate over whether men should take part.
	www.theblurb.com.au /Issue70/MissAustralia.htm (523 words)

	Miss World Australia 2005 Official Website
		Miss World WA Director Glenn Weiland said that he is delighted that Miss World WA touches the four corners of the state.
		Miss Brunow, 20, of Wodonga, will now be highly visible as she drives the marked car from interview to interview.
		Miss Brunow is using her new-found fame to raise money for the Red Cross and to get across some positive messages to the nations youth.
	missworldaustralia.com.au /2005 (1951 words)

	National Museum of Australia - Miss Australia crown
		Ms Funnell said she was pleased the Miss Australia crown, along with a collection of other Miss Australia Quest memorabilia, had found a home at the National Museum.
		Miss Australia 1973, Michelle Downes, was a guest at the crown handover and spoke of the impact the quest had on her life.
		National Museum curator Sophie Jensen is working with former Miss Australia titleholders, community groups, spastic centres, cerebral palsy associations and Scope to document the history of the quest as part of a National Museum targeted collecting project.
	www.nma.gov.au /collections/recent_acquisitions/miss_australia_crown (568 words)

	PlanetOut News: Miss Australia Flap Goes On
		Miss Australia until the competition's organizer backed off to a women-only position.
		Miss Victoria Fundraiser Brad Rodgers, set a new record for the 42-year history of the competition when he raised over $100,000 (Australian) for the Spastic Society.
		The Miss Australia Company noted that its application form specifies "young women." However, apparently there has been some past participation by males, although Rodgers is the first to have won the Victoria state title.
	www.planetout.com /news/article-print.html?1996/12/30/3 (367 words)

	Miss Universe Queen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Australia's Jennifer Hawkins is a model and dance choreographer.
		The organizers revived a tradition of "Miss Australia" by holding the first official contest in a long while.
		Most former Miss Australias were handpicked from modeling agencies and there wasn't an 'officially crowned' Miss Australia until 2002.
	www15.brinkster.com /missuniverse/country/aus.htm (260 words)

	Miss Universe 2004, Jennifer Hawkins
		Ecuador and the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) certainly made for a positive, feel-good partnership, and allowed pageant co-owners MUO and NBC to serve up a major dose of South American and Hispanic culture and hospitality in the live June 1st finals presentation.
		Miss Australia Jennifer Hawkins, the 20-year-old blue-eyed beauty queen, clung to Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey, as both women braced themselves for the fateful announcement at the conclusion of the live NBC telecast.
		Outgoing Miss Universe 2003 Amelia Vega of the Dominican Republic placed the 800-jewel, $250,000 crown on Jennifer's head, and then the new Miss Universe put her hand on her hip and walked along the runway as she greeted the cheering crowd with smiles and waves.
	www.pageantrymagazine.com /magazine/features/2004/c04/MissUniverse2004C04.html (849 words)

	Miss Australia, Crowned Miss Universe(R) 2004 During Live NBC Telecast On June 1
		Amelia Vega, Miss Universe 2003, crowned her successor at the conclusion of the two-hour primetime telecast, before an estimated worldwide viewing audience of more than 600 hundred million in over 180 countries.
		The award reflects the respect and admiration of the delegate's peers, who voted for her as the most congenial, charismatic and inspirational participant.
		Utilizing its global grass roots infrastructure, the Miss Universe Organization is committed to increasing HIV/AIDS Awareness by focusing on women's health and reproductive issues.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-01-2004/0002185270&EDATE= (437 words)

	VDARE.com: 06/15/04 - Is Miss Bolivia Racist?
		She was called a “racist” and her resignation as Miss Bolivia was even called for (though never by the pageant itself).
		Whatever Miss Bolivia’s motives, I would venture to say that her comments stirred up such a fuss because they touch a raw nerve in Latin America, a taboo topic, a reality you’re not supposed to notice—the Great Latin American Racial Divide.
		But all their Miss Universe contestants (with one exception) are white—or at least from the white end of the mestizo spectrum.
	www.vdare.com /awall/miss_bolivia.htm (825 words)

	Miss Australia conquers universe - People - www.theage.com.au
		Miss Australia has been named Miss Universe 2004 in a two-hour pageant watched by hundreds of millions of television viewers around the world.
		She is involved in modelling and dancing, and said in a statement that she choreographs a dance team that tours Australia.
		Her interests were surfing, wakeboarding, camping with family, watching football with her father, reading, watching movies and going to see the Australian ballet, she said.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/06/02/1086058915963.html (388 words)

	WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2001-0113
		"Miss World" is the title of the world famous beauty pageant ("the Miss World contest") which originated in the United Kingdom in 1951 when the late Eric Morley, the then Public Relations Director of a small leisure company called Mecca, staged an event to promote the Festival of Britain in London.
		Altman he was honouring this commitment to the legal agent for "Miss World" in the U.S. The Respondent notes that the claim of "bad faith" on the part of the Respondent is extensively supported in their Complaint by statements relating to the divert going to Mr.
		Miss World, USA was the valid, licensed U.S. outlet for the Miss World contest during the period of their relationship and during his dealings with the Respondent.
	arbiter.wipo.int /domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0113.html (5375 words)

	Miss universe vs princess mary - Royal Blue Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Which of these two girls do you think has more two offer with her role as an abbadore to her country and the rest of the world and these two girls are in the public eye.
		She may originally be from Australia and an Australian marrying into a royal family is obviously a tremendous "coup" but for all intents and purposes Mary is now a Dane.
		It's obvious for DK, for Australia it's seeing one of their own, even though the irony is she can't focus on Australia anymore.
	forums.rbhq.net /showthread.php?t=1567 (2621 words)

	MISS UNIVERSE 2006
		According to the organisers, the Miss Universe contest is more than a beauty pageant: women who aspire to become Miss Universe must be intelligent, well-mannered and cultured.
		The winner is assigned a one-year contract with the Miss Universe Organisation, travelling overseas to spread messages about the control of diseases, peace, and public awareness of AIDS.
		Miss Congeniality is chosen by the delegates themselves, while in recent years Miss Photogenic has chosen by popular internet vote (the winner used to be chosen by media personnel covering the event).
	www.headlinesindia.com /miss-universe/about.html (646 words)

	Miss Australia over 100 years old :: ABC Canberra
		An exhibition exploring the glitz, glamour and golden years of the Miss Australia competition is about to open at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.
		Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest is a National Museum exhibition that examines not only the Miss Australia competition, but changes in the role of women in society and society in general.
		Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest opens this evening at the National Museum of Australia and concludes in June, this year.
	www.abc.net.au /canberra/stories/s1866848.htm (550 words)

	Miss Universe Australia 2005 winner is Michelle Guy- news photos pictures beauty pageants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hailing from Western Australia, Michelle Guy will represent Australia in the Miss Universe pageant to be held in Bangkok, Thailand on May 30, 2005.
		Last June, Miss Australia Jennifer Hawkins was crowned Miss Universe 2004.
		The runner-up at the Miss Australia finals are: (1) Alethea Lindsay, 21 and (2) Narelle Minchin.
	www.dancewithshadows.com /society/miss-australia-michelle.asp (297 words)

	USATODAY.com - Miss Australia wins Miss Universe pageant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Miss Australia Jennifer Hawkins edged out Missouri-bred Miss USA for this year's Miss Universe crown in Quito, Ecuador.
		Miss USA Shandi Finnessey of Florissant, Mo., was named first runnerup during the pageant at a convention center of the northern outskirts of Quito, an event that organizers aid drew 7,500 spectators.
		Hawkins then received the crown from outgoing Miss Universe Amelia Vega, of the Dominican Republic, and strolled down the runway to the cheers of the crowd.
	www.usatoday.com /life/2004-06-02-miss-universe_x.htm (525 words)

	Scope - News
		However, the most lasting legacy of the Miss Australia Awards - and the individual state titles (locally, the Miss Victoria Awards) - was its ongoing support for people with disabilities.
		She shared the fabulous memories of all of those talented and caring women, from the beginnings, to the thrilling heyday of the quest when winners like Tania Verstak and Rosemary Fenton, to name but two, were front-page, banner-headline news, to the grand finale in 2000.
		Miss Australia the book is the lavishly illustrated history of the awards, and gives the reader an incomparable glimpse of Australian women across the 20th century.
	www.scopevic.org.au /news_missa.html (287 words)

	Miss World 2006: the official website - 2005 contestants
		Dennae was born in Albury, Wodonga, situated on the boarders of New South Wales and Victoria.
		Albury is by the Murray River and within the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, within 100kms of the diverse terrain ranges from snow-capped mountains and cool rivers to flat, featureless land used for pastures and crops.
		Dennae has successfully completed her high school education, a legal secretary workshop and has a certificate in business studies, she is currently fully employed as Miss Australia.
	www.missworld.tv /bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=51776 (163 words)

	Miss Australia is game for B'wood : miss world, poland, Sabrina Houssami, Bollywood : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		Warsaw: Proud of her Indian roots, Miss Australia Sabrina Houssami has said that she is not averse to acting in Bollywood films and has already received a few offers.
		The 20-year-old beauty, the second runner-up at the Miss World 2006 contest, said she has not made up her mind on what to accept.
		During her stay in Warsaw Sabrina also became great friends with Miss India Natasha Suri who failed to clear the semi finals at the Miss World contest held on Saturday.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/miss-australia-is-game-for-bwood/23068-8.html (494 words)

	Exhibition thanks former Miss Australias \| \| The Australian
		The Miss Australia Quest, which ran from 1954 until waning public interest resulted in its demise in 2000, was the most popular and successful charitable event in Australian history.
		It is now being celebrated in a National Museum of Australia exhibition, Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest, which is showing at the Museum of Brisbane before it travels around Australia.
		Kathryn Hay, Miss Australia 1999, said it was a shame society and young women could no longer benefit from the quest which had made Australia a better place.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20529394-29277,00.html (350 words)

	Grand Slam Beauties - Miss World 2006 - Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Miss Czech Republic Tatana Kucharova reacts after she was crowned Miss World 2006 in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday Sept. 30, 2006.
		Miss Czech Republic Tatana Kucharova waves after she was crowned Miss World 2006 in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday Sept. 30, 2006.
		Miss Czech Republic Tatana Kucharova waves after she was crowned Miss World 2006 in Warsaw September 30, 2006.
	www.grandslambeauties.org /mw06/photogallery/photogallery08.htm (422 words)

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