Left: 1947: Mary Wootton (Miss New Zealand) holding a BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) poster, at Whites Aviation offices, Auckland. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-10826-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Right: Miss Pinup New Zealand 2015 Anjelique Jones : Photographer: David Michael Photography.
Images from the history of beauty contests in New Zealand and contemporary photos from Miss Pinup New Zealand 2015 Anjelique Jones.
1930. Unidentified Miss Wellington beauty pageant winner and two other contestants at Eastbourne Mardi Gras party, Wellington City. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0317-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30631483
1947. Miss New Zealand contestants from the South Island, and contest organiser K W Kilpatrick, in Christchurch. New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-8602-11. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23212834
1947. Mary Wootton (Miss New Zealand) holding a BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) poster, at Whites Aviation offices, Auckland. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-10826-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22886783
1947. Mary Wootton (Miss New Zealand) outside a Tasman Empire Airways Ltd aeroplane. Whites Aviation Ltd :Photographs. Ref: WA-10907-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22840839
1953. Three women at beauty contest, Wellington Town Hall. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1953/0848-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23023456
1959. Miss New Zealand contest at Paraparaumu. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1959/0001-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23260570
Contestant in the ’Bathing Beauties’ contest on the walkway at Caroline Bay’s Soundshell, Timaru, January 1967. Image: South Canterbury Museum (CC BY-NZ-ND 3.0)
1967 A & P show A & P show; Tom Croft Motors beauty pageant; entrants; Tom Croft and wife. [P1-6618-9008]. In Website Upper Hutt City Library. Retrieved 11th May 2015 11:20, from http://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/8896
1967 A & P show. A & P show; Tom Croft Motors beauty pageant; entrant 15. [P1-6620-9010]. In Website Upper Hutt City Library. Retrieved 11th May 2015 11:20, from http://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/8898
1967 A & P show; Tom Croft Motors beauty pageant; Tom Croft. [P1-6614-9004]. In Website Upper Hutt City Library. Retrieved 11th May 2015 11:20, from http://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/8892
Mrs Erina Green posed crowning the Queen of the Carnival for the Caroline for 1974-1975 at the Soundshell in Timaru. Image: South Canterbury Museum (CC BY-NZ-ND 3.0)
1974. Afternoon's guest Bettie Rage's mum, Sharon Leigh, Miss Corimist (Schwarzkopf)/ Runner up in Miss International NZ (1974 picture attached)
Miss Golden Shears contestants 1975. Image: Masterton District Library and Archive.
Miss Golden Shears contestants 1976. Image: Masterton District Library and Archive.
Miss Golden Shears contestants 1980. Image: Masterton District Library and Archive.
Miss Golden Shears contestants 1981. Image: Masterton District Library and Archive.
Miss Hot Rod Blowout: Photographer: Nic Fletcher
MMiss Pinup New Zealand: Photographer: Glory Days Magazine
Miss Pinup New Zealand: Photographer: David Michael Photography
Miss Hot Rod Blowout: Photographer: Danielle Gardner/ Devel Branded
VVDO Photo Safari: Photographer: David Michael Photography
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.
