Miss Rotorua Thermal Land and Miss Rotorua
All information on this blog post has been published in the Daily Post and full articles can be read at the Rotorua Library.
Miss Rotorua Thermal Land c1979-1997
Miss Rotorua Thermal Land Winner - Tania Warner in Daily Post 28 AUG 1987, 2 photos that are
not on the same page, but are in the same issue.
Miss Rotorua Thermal Land Winner - Mrs Deborah Kay (nee Carrington) in Daily Post 16th
Aug 1989, 26th Aug 1989. Runner- up Miss Thermal Land – Miss
Lisa Figgins (Library Assistant at Rotorua Library)
Miss Rotorua Thermal Land Winner 1992-1994 Miss Rebecca Collie.
The 1993 competition was scrapped due to lack of interest see Daily Post 20 Oct 1993 'Registrations closed today with just one entrant... the committee was left feeling a bit disillusioned.' see also the Weekender 22 Oct 1993, p.1.
Miss Rotorua Thermal Land Winner - Toni Kelly 'Beauty queen "roped into" competition' in Daily Post 22.8.1994 p.2 The pageant was held at the Aorangi Peak Restaurant on Saturday 20th August.
Miss Rotorua Thermal Land contest founder [c. 1979-] Topsy Prier retires ‘established
the contest to help young ladies develop their personal skills, confidence and
deportment and to help promote Rotorua in a positive, professional manner’
Daily Post 12th June 1995 p.1 - includes photograph with Topsy and the current President of the Miss
Thermal Land committee Mrs Myrtle Colebert.
Miss Thermal Land, 1996. Emma Nicholson 'left on a trip to Queenstown yesterday, her prize for winning the previous year's Miss Rotorua Thermal Land competition' in DP 11/3/96
p.2; 13/3/96 p.2; 23/3/1996 p.13; 4/4/96 p.3.
Miss Thermal Land may be canned in Daily Post 4/3/97,
8/4/1997, 18/4/1997 however later that year Miss Lisa Dixon was announced the winner in Daily Post 11/7/1997.
Beyond 1997 no further information has been found in the Daily Post. Was this the very last time?
If you were involved or competed after this date please email us at Rotorua Library
Beyond 1997 no further information has been found in the Daily Post. Was this the very last time?
If you were involved or competed after this date please email us at Rotorua Library
Miss Rotorua 1993-1999
In 1993 Maureen Waaka took over the BOP Franchise for the
regions beauty pageant, read about it in the Daily Post, 18th March 1993 p.9
Excerpt from Daily Post : 'there has apparently never been a Miss Rotorua represented in the Miss New Zealand contest. Three local girls have been crowned Miss New Zealand but not under the banner of Rotorua. Maureen Kingi was entered as Miss South Seas, Linda Ritchie as Miss Geyserland and Lisa de Montalk as Miss Taupo'
Excerpt from Daily Post : 'there has apparently never been a Miss Rotorua represented in the Miss New Zealand contest. Three local girls have been crowned Miss New Zealand but not under the banner of Rotorua. Maureen Kingi was entered as Miss South Seas, Linda Ritchie as Miss Geyserland and Lisa de Montalk as Miss Taupo'
Winner - Miss Rotorua 1993, Tanya Rogers in Daily Post 28/6/93 p.4, 18/3/93
p.9, 21/4/1993 p.4, 20/10/1993 p.7 - Miss
BOP Daily Post 21/8/1993, 20/10/93 p.7
Winner - Miss Rotorua 1994,
Miss Jane Lines in Daily Post - 27/5/94 p.2, 1/7/1994 p.1, 11/7/1994, 13/8/94
p.7.
Excerpt from the Daily Post, 11th July 1994 p.1
'Seventeen year old Jane Lines is still on "cloud nine" after being crowned Miss Rotorua on Saturday night... Jane becomes the first beauty pageant winner to hold the Miss Rotorua title, rather than represent the Bay of Plenty title.'
'Seventeen year old Jane Lines is still on "cloud nine" after being crowned Miss Rotorua on Saturday night... Jane becomes the first beauty pageant winner to hold the Miss Rotorua title, rather than represent the Bay of Plenty title.'
Winner - Miss Rotorua 1995 – Lynda Norton, in Daily Post 25/6/1995 p.1,
8/9/95 p.1, 19/9/95 p.3, 20/9/95 p.2
Miss Rotorua Teen – 11/9/1995 p.1
Excerpt from the Daily Post 8th September 1995, p.1
'Miss Rotorua, Lynda Norton, has practised her poise, packed up her pois and now she's ready for the crowning glory of the Kiwi glamour calendar - the Miss New Zealand beauty contest.'
Excerpt from the Daily Post 8th September 1995, p.1
'Miss Rotorua, Lynda Norton, has practised her poise, packed up her pois and now she's ready for the crowning glory of the Kiwi glamour calendar - the Miss New Zealand beauty contest.'
"Ten vie for beauty title" in the Weekender 27th September 1996.
'The title of the most beautiful will be up for grabs at the Miss Rotorua contest this weekend. Held at the Towers Nite Club... The 10 Miss Rotorua 1996 contenders are : Shareena Soloman, aged 17, Lisa-Marie Dixon, 18, Anne Long, 18, Jane Phillips, 18, Sarah Jackson, 21, Margaret Hawtin 20, Ceri Thomas, 18, Jo-Anne Bird, 18, Amalani Tupou, 18, and Melanie Robson, 19.'
'The title of the most beautiful will be up for grabs at the Miss Rotorua contest this weekend. Held at the Towers Nite Club... The 10 Miss Rotorua 1996 contenders are : Shareena Soloman, aged 17, Lisa-Marie Dixon, 18, Anne Long, 18, Jane Phillips, 18, Sarah Jackson, 21, Margaret Hawtin 20, Ceri Thomas, 18, Jo-Anne Bird, 18, Amalani Tupou, 18, and Melanie Robson, 19.'
Winner - Miss Rotorua – Ceri Thomas in Daily Post 25/10/96 p. 2 ; 20/3/1997
p.1, 23/1/97 p.1, 27/9/96, 30/9/96 p.1. Ceri resigned due to other commitments and the runner up Miss Lisa-Marie Dixon took her place.
Winner - Miss Rotorua - Belinda Dunn in Daily Post 17/3/99 p.12, 5/6/99 p.1, 29/1/98
p.2, 7/2/98 p.1, 11/12/1998 p.3, 15/12/98 p.1,
Excerpt from the Weekender, 12 Mar 1999 p.3 'Belinda was crowned Miss North Harbour last year and two weeks later she was competing for Miss New Zealand. She says she "would have preferred to have competed in Miss Rotorua instead of Miss North Harbour, but was too late" ... Belinda who lives in Auckland, says she "promotes Rotorua when speaking to international tourists"... and "wanted to work along side a former Miss New Zealand and organiser of the Miss Rotorua pageant Maureen Waaka"
Miss Dunn seems to have been the last winner of the Miss Rotorua pageant. Following this the Bay of Plenty heats for the Miss World New Zealand pageant were held in Rotorua on 6th June 1999.
Excerpt from Daily Post 8th June 1999 p.1. 'Miss Leonie Kerr who was the runner-up for Miss Rotorua in 1998, won the Rotorua section and will go on to compete for Miss World New Zealand in September. 'Miss Teen 13 to 14 age group was Rosie Kininmonth, first runner up was Nadia Hadwin and Paula Duncan was second runner up. All were from Rotorua.'
'Miss Teen 15 to 16 section was won by Amanda Te Hiko (Opotiki), while first runner up went to Rebecca Bloomfield (Rotorua).'
Excerpt from the Daily Post 10 June 1999 p. 9.
"Sarah gets her chance - for Napier" by Kelly Blanchard.
'Rotorua's Sarah Hulton has been chosen to represent Napier in the Miss World New Zealand competition. The 18-year-old was selected after appearing as a contestant in the Rotorua heats of Miss World New Zealand on Saturday night in the Convention Centre... according to the rules, Sarah was able to represent Napier even though she lived in Rotorua'
Jumping forward a few years to the next beauty pageant to be held in Rotorua we come back to celebrate Miss Rotorua once more....
Excerpt from the Weekender, 12 Mar 1999 p.3 'Belinda was crowned Miss North Harbour last year and two weeks later she was competing for Miss New Zealand. She says she "would have preferred to have competed in Miss Rotorua instead of Miss North Harbour, but was too late" ... Belinda who lives in Auckland, says she "promotes Rotorua when speaking to international tourists"... and "wanted to work along side a former Miss New Zealand and organiser of the Miss Rotorua pageant Maureen Waaka"
Miss Dunn seems to have been the last winner of the Miss Rotorua pageant. Following this the Bay of Plenty heats for the Miss World New Zealand pageant were held in Rotorua on 6th June 1999.
Excerpt from Daily Post 8th June 1999 p.1. 'Miss Leonie Kerr who was the runner-up for Miss Rotorua in 1998, won the Rotorua section and will go on to compete for Miss World New Zealand in September. 'Miss Teen 13 to 14 age group was Rosie Kininmonth, first runner up was Nadia Hadwin and Paula Duncan was second runner up. All were from Rotorua.'
'Miss Teen 15 to 16 section was won by Amanda Te Hiko (Opotiki), while first runner up went to Rebecca Bloomfield (Rotorua).'
Excerpt from the Daily Post 10 June 1999 p. 9.
"Sarah gets her chance - for Napier" by Kelly Blanchard.
'Rotorua's Sarah Hulton has been chosen to represent Napier in the Miss World New Zealand competition. The 18-year-old was selected after appearing as a contestant in the Rotorua heats of Miss World New Zealand on Saturday night in the Convention Centre... according to the rules, Sarah was able to represent Napier even though she lived in Rotorua'
Jumping forward a few years to the next beauty pageant to be held in Rotorua we come back to celebrate Miss Rotorua once more....
Miss Rotorua 2017 - Kharl WiRepa organiser and Miss Rotorua Pageant patent owner.
Miss Rotorua 2017 Winner : Nehsha Moynihan ; Miss Teen
Rotorua, Promise Royal ; Miss Te Arawa, Mariana
Morrison ; Mrs Rotorua, Stevie Jean Gear.
Nehsha Moynihan will compete in the Mrs Regency International competition.
You can read all the articles on this year's pageant in the Daily Post online. July 17th, August 5th, 14th, 25th, September 16th, 17th & 19th 2017.
Note : previously the paragraph relating to Miss Rotorua 2017 said "franchise owner was still Maureen Waaka" Mr WiRepa has given us the correct information. 20/08/2018.
You can read all the articles on this year's pageant in the Daily Post online. July 17th, August 5th, 14th, 25th, September 16th, 17th & 19th 2017.
Note : previously the paragraph relating to Miss Rotorua 2017 said "franchise owner was still Maureen Waaka" Mr WiRepa has given us the correct information. 20/08/2018.
