14 Oct 2021

NZ Screen History: Miss New Zealand

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 14 October 2021

We revisit the glory days of local beauty pageant Miss New Zealand.

It was a must-watch television event complete with musical acts and million dollar lottery draws, and the winners were as famous as the All Blacks.

Jesse speaks to Neil Gussey, who is working on a new documentary about the shows history, and Elaine Daley who won the crown in 1963 and went on to place 1st runner up in the international competition Miss World.