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Men's contests: C. Clifford Jennings, 1905

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Men's contests: C. Clifford Jennings, 1905

In the early 1900s men took part in physical-culture competitions. C. Clifford Jennings, pictured in 1905, won the first national competition in 1911. He has been described as the first Mr New Zealand.

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Reference: Canterbury Times, 22 March 1905

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Kerryn Pollock, Beauty contests – Beauty contests, 19th century to the 1950s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/38675/mens-contests-c-clifford-jennings-1905 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012, updated 1 December 2015.