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Biography: Szászy, Miraka

Miss New Zealand, 1947

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Miss New Zealand, 1947

Mira Petricevich (later Szászy, left) was a runner-up in the 1947 Miss New Zealand competition. She competed as ‘Miraka Rahuruhi’, using her mother’s maiden name.

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Melissa Matutina Williams. 'Szászy, Miraka', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46951/miss-new-zealand-1947 (accessed 4 June 2026).