Pritika Devi's love of all things beauty has scored her a win in the World Luxury Spa Awards and she will go to Russia in July for the awards ceremony.
The owner of Mantra Beauty in Havelock North said she was both shocked and surprised to receive the news because the awards were "the pinnacle of achievement in the luxury spa industry".
"When they contacted me I thought it was spam so never paid attention to it.
"At that time I had lots of technical issues with our email, landline, internet connection so I never received their email request until the World Luxury Spa co-ordinator messaged us via my business Facebook page asking for the manager's contact details.
"I still didn't believe it but still gave my email address."