Jess Tyson of Māori TV crowned Miss World New Zealand

NZ Herald

5 May, 2018 11:33 AM4 mins to read

Māori Televison presenter Jess Tyson has been crowned Miss World New Zealand.

A reporter and presenter from Māori Television has been crowned Miss World New Zealand.

Jessica Tyson, of Te Atihaunui-ā-Pāpārangi, took out the title at SkyCity Convention Centre last night.

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I sit here trying to find the words to express how I feel about this moment. A dream come true? Yes, definitely! 🙏🏾 I woke up today the happiest girl in the world. I am so incredibly grateful for the Miss World NZ organisation and judges for choosing me, for my family and friends who flew from as far as Australia to come and support me at the show, to all of my supporters who have helped me with my fundraising efforts for @annieslifeline by attending my events, buying raffle tickets, donating and more, to our gorgeous contestants this year who I have become such close friends with during the past three months, my designers @anasabdullah.kl @jo_marie_wearable_art & @srishtikaurdesigns and to my sponsors @otuwines @manukadrnz @new_face_laser and @tomuri___flowers . To our stunning @anniievans Miss World NZ 2017 I feel so privileged to walk in your footsteps after you have done such an incredible job representing NZ. I promise to do you proud and I can’t wait to continue working with you! 🙏🏾 Ever since I was a teenager it was my dream to represent Aotearoa at Miss World. I am overwhelmed with excitement to have the opportunity to use this platform to help others within Aotearoa and the world. It’s going to be an incredible year and I can’t wait to make you all so proud! ♥️ Dress: @belluccio MU: @melissamatthews_ Tan: @spraysbysarah Hair & Nails by the team from @blushbabynz including @natulique_nz & @tlc.nailsnz Flowers: Tomuri & Co Photo by @jeffhuang_nzccs #MissWorldNZ #MissWorld

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The co-presenter for Rereātea, Māori Television's online midday news bulletin, said she was passionate about Te Reo Māori revitalisation and mental health awareness.

Originally from Whanganui, Tyson started at Māori Television last year as an assignment editor for Te Kāea after earlier stints as an online reporter at TVNZ.

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All smiles because @missworldnz prejudging is complete YAAAAAS!! The build up to today has been so intense and I feel so proud about how well we all did! Only 2 weeks until the final now 🙏🏾💕🌸 Thank you to my beautiful friend @abbyhazreem for waking up super early today to do my makeup! I love the look and it matched every single outfit I wore! 💕 Wearing my beautiful fuschia cocktail dress by @anasabdullah.kl Earrings by @alamkaara Lipstick by @samala.cosmetics

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The 25-year-old has already represented New Zealand at two international pageants in China and Japan.

She is the younger sister of model and TV presenter Lou Tyson, who is a former girlfriend of singer Stan Walker.

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Such a beautiful night watching @mrsnewzealandoffical with our Miss Rotorua Queens @prom.royal & @nehshamoynihan 👑 . What I loved about watching this pageant was seeing how passionate the contestants were about being role models for their own tamariki and other wahine in NZ. Congratulations to the stunning beauty @daenacolebrook for being crowned Mrs NZ and all of the other amazing women who got out of their comfort zone to stand on stage to inspire others and share their stories about how they're making a change in their communities ❤️️ . A special thank you to our amazing @kharl_wirepa_ , who was a judge at the pageant, for inviting me as a guest 🙏🏼😘💗 . Wearing @samala.cosmetics . #mrsnewzealand #missrotorua

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