Jennifer Hawkins

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Jennifer Hawkins Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name:	Jennifer Hawkins
Birthdate:	December 22, 1983 (age 23)
Birth location:	New South Wales, Australia
Eye color:	Blue
Hair color:	Blonde
Ethnicity:	White/Caucasian
Title(s):	Miss Australia 2004, Miss Universe 2004

Jennifer Hawkins (born 22 December 1983) is a beauty queen and television presenter from Newcastle, Australia who held the Miss Universe 2004 title.

Hawkins was a former cheerleader for the Newcastle Knights rugby league team, and the Hunter Pirates basketball teams, and then a sometime model. It was as a model that she was cast as Miss Australia for the Miss Universe competition.

[edit] Miss Universe

Hawkins represented Australia at the internationally televised Miss Universe 2004 pageant held in Quito, Ecuador on 1 June 2004. She became the first Australian to make the semi-finals since Voni Delfos in 1993, and then proceeded to the top ten after competing in the evening gown competition. After the swimsuit competition, Hawkins advanced to the top five, and eventually won the Miss Universe title. The remaining top five were all from the Americas and Caribbean, and included Shandi Finnessey of the USA (1st runner-up), Alba Reyes of Puerto Rico (2nd runner-up), Yanina Gonzalez of Paraguay (3rd runner-up) and Danielle Jones of Trinidad and Tobago (4th runner-up). Hawkins was the first winner from Oceania since Lorraine Downes of New Zealand held the title in 1983, and the first Australian since Kerry Anne Wells in 1972.

Hawkins was crowned by outgoing titleholder Amelia Vega from the Dominican Republic, after famously being announced by host Billy Bush as the "thunder from down under".^[1] She wore an unusual vintage copper gown designed by her stylist Paris Dwyer a decade before.^[1]

• In August 2006, she became ambassador for Grand Waterfront, a joint residential development between Henderson Land Development and its associate the Hong Kong & China Gas Company in Hong Kong. Full front page colour photographs of her have appeared as advertisements in several Chinese language newspapers; Minute-long glamorous advertisements [1] [2] for the development have been aired on primetime television in Hong Kong with Hawkins as the principal subject.
• In November 2006, Hawkins endorsed a range of Asus laptops in Sydney, Australia,^[2] at which the company donated the proceeds of an Ebay sale of a special edition pink S6 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

• In January 2007, it was announced that Hawkins had signed a deal with Australian Department Store Myer worth $4million (AUD).

[edit] Trivia

• Hawkins is a natural blonde, and became the first to win the Miss Universe title since Angela Visser of the Netherlands in 1989.
• As a born and bred Novocastrian, Hawkins' favourite night club is Fanny's, located in downtown Newcastle.
• Shortly after being crowned Miss Universe in 2004, Hawkins created news during a fashion show at Westfield Miranda, an Australian shopping centre, when she tripped on the hem of her dress, which fell to the floor. Hawkins was left in her g-string in front of a surprised crowd. Hawkins later apologized, laughingly adding she "wished she wore better underwear". The incident received the dubious distinction of being named "The most embarrassing moment ever shown on Australian television" by Australia's Nine Network. The "Wardrobe malfunction" was widely circulated through news outlets as well as the blogosphere, and according to Google, caused a sharp increase in internet searches for "Jennifer Hawkins".
• In August 2006, Jennifer Hawkins initially accepted Bathurst school student Daniel Dibley's invitation to accompany him to his Year 12 graduation ball.^[3] She later declined because she did not wish to draw attention from the other couples. She did however agree to go with him on a private date.
• She is featured as the love interest of Australian artist, Guy Sebastian in the music video for the second single off his third album, "Elevator Love".

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gadd, Michael. "Miss Universe win puts Jennifer over the moon", Sydney Morning Herald, 2004-06-03. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
2. ^ Jennifer Hawkins launches leather laptops. CNET.com.au (November 27, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-29.
3. ^ "Miss Universe gives Daniel a formal 'yes'", Herald Sun, Australia, August 27, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-09-08.

[edit] External links

• EntertainOz Profile
• Seoul Times on the pageant
• Exquisite Soul
• Askmen
• Jennifer Hawkins at the Internet Movie Database
• Sydney Morning Herald article, 21 August 2006