"I want to do it professionally, I've always wanted it since I was little. I'm trying to pursue that dream at the moment, hopefully working with Sony Music soon and we're recording a demo at the moment, so hopefully that goes on to bigger things."
Miss Nouri, who was also named Miss Global Teen New Zealand in 2011, said she still felt nervous before taking to the stage.
"I was definitely nervous, backstage I was too nervous to come on stage but because I was last it kind of made it easier.
"Waiting for the results was scary as well, you never know what can happen."
First runner-up Amelia Borley sang a version of Feeling Good by Nina Simone, a capella. The 19-year-old art student from England was on holiday in New Zealand with her family.
Second runner-up, Sophie-May Church from Tauranga, showed her skipping skills on stage. The 18-year-old trainee teacher placed second in a national skipping competition in Australia when she was younger but hasn't skipped competitively for over three years.
The Little Miss Sunshine competition was won by 10-year-old Meila Foley-Gillies from Mount Maunganui.
The Aquinas College student also won the competition last year but won't be able to compete next year because she will be over the age limit.
Dad Willie Gillies, visiting from Germany, said he was proud of his daughter.
