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Kristy Wilson, Miss Universe New Zealand 1999

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Kristy Wilson, Miss Universe New Zealand 1999

Miss North Otago, Kristy Wilson, is crowned Miss Universe New Zealand in 1999. The crowned beauty queen surrounded by a flock of well-wishing finalists is one of the most recognisible images from the beauty-contest world.

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Kerryn Pollock, Beauty contests – Beauty contests, 1960s to the 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38688/kristy-wilson-miss-universe-new-zealand-1999 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 14 November 2012, updated 1 December 2015.