New Zealand's Next Top Model in Tauranga

The knees of her long, lean and exposed legs shook as 18-year-old Stevie-Leigh Rowley ran her hands nervously through her hair and waited for her grilling.
The young mum wore a skimpy black dress and leopard print shawl for her chance at stardom when New Zealand's Next Top Model came to town yesterday
Miss Rowley was one of over 100 aspiring models who registered for the show at the Sebel Trinity Wharf Hotel, but only 75 met the 170cm height requirement and age restriction.
Miss Rowley spoke about her daughter and said if she were chosen to live in the house, she would be the "fun and bubbly" person who enjoyed a laugh and would potentially be "rowdy" at times.
Her smile and confidence caught the attention of judge Sara Tetro, TV3 executive Andrew Szusterman and producer Emma White, in the first round of the auditions.
"I have an 18-month old daughter ... she's very clever but it would be fine if I went into the model house because we live at home with mum and she'd be in a safe environment and I've got to grab this opportunity and do it while she's so young and won't remember me being away."
Mr Szusterman responded by saying: "So if you made it on to the show, how would you stand out from the crowd of girls, what makes you different?"
"I'm very real...
"I would be myself because I'm funny, I'm open and I'll say things others won't say," Miss Rowley said.
The 176cm brunette beauty was given the green card allowing her through to the next round.
Her knees buckled, her hands cupped her mouth and an excited "yes" escaped from behind her clasped hands.
"It's so exciting, I was quietly confident and now I just have to show [my personality] on camera.
"It's hard though to show your personality in such a short amount of time," she said.
After a short interview, filmed by the show's executive producer John McDonald, Miss Rowley came out smiling and relieved.
She was one of only 10 hopefuls who made it through to round two.
It will be an anxious four weeks wait until Miss Rowley finds out whether she has been chosen in the top 33 contestants and will potentially appear on the first episode of New Zealand's Next Top Model season three.
From there, the models will complete numerous challenges and be whittled down to 13 contestants who will live in the model house, for a period of up to seven weeks, depending on how well they do in the competition.
It is not known when the series will screen on television.
After the auditions, Ms Tetro said the calibre of talent from the Bay of Plenty was "extremely high".
"Tauranga is getting quite a reputation ... today we saw some really great girls who were confident kids," she said.
"We want them to be confident but not cocky ... and no matter what they look like, if they're in the model house they have to feel confident in any situation."
Ms Tetro said Tauranga was one of her favourite places to visit for auditions.
"It's really lovely coming here, the people are always nice."