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A line-up of receptionists, trainee teachers, and models talk horse-riding and modesty, vying to win Miss New Zealand 1973. Miss Otago (Pam King) proves a popular winner — the show was filmed in Dunedin — and was later a semi-finalist at that year's Miss World contest. The compere provides innuendo-laced links, and introduces reigning Miss New Zealand (Kristine Allan), Miss World (Australia's Belinda Green), Canadian singer Gary Buck, and blind Māori crooner Eddie Low. Miss Horowhenua — a hairdresser — highlights 1973 style: wigs are out for women, but in for men.
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Morrissey Breen
Posted at 12.41AM - 06.02.2012
Lots of toe-curlingly awkward moments from compere Colin Lehmann, but the most embarrassingly inept is saved for Miss Auckland: "Hmmmm... you're a very pretty casual girl, I think."