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Kōrero: Beauty contests

Miss Horowhenua competition, around 1926

A beauty contest for Horowhenua women was held around 1926 at the De Luxe Theatre in Levin. The women did not appear on stage in person, but their photos were displayed in the theatre, as was customary at the time. The identities of the lucky winners are not known.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Non-ATL-0136

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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/zoomify/38678/miss-horowhenua-competition-around-1926 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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