Olivia Wells
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born |
Olivia Genevieve Wells 29 April 1994 Melbourne, Australia |
|---|---|
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Measurements | 35C,25.5,37.5 |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) | Miss Universe Australia 2013 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Universe Australia 2013 (Winner) Miss Universe 2013 |
Olivia Genevieve Wells (born in 29 April 1994 in Melbourne) is an Australian university student and swimwear model who was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2013 and represented Australia at Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia on 9 November 2013.[2] She is the first woman to be crowned Miss Universe Australia from the state of Victoria.[3]
Early life
Wells grew up in the Bayside suburb of Black Rock with her family. Her primary and Secondary education was completed Loreto Mandeville Hall. Loretto Mandevelle Hall. She is the elder of two siblings.
Wells completed high school in 2012 and is currently a first year medical student at Monash University in Melbourne. After winning Miss Universe Australia 2013 she was forced to take a one year intermission from her studies.[3]
Miss Universe pageant
Ms Wells was representing Melbourne, and she was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2013. She beat out 29 other national finalists from all over the continent. Wells was an underdog in the lead up to the national pageant with betting odds at 51:1 for her taking the title.[4]
Wells represented Australia at the Miss Universe 2013 pageant on 9 November 2013 in Moscow. Although considered a favourite, she failed to place in the semifinals, ending Australia's five-year streak of consecutive placements in Miss Universe, from 2008 through 2012.
Career
She recently returned from a volunteer trip to Tonga where she and a group of Monash University medical students helped with a diabetes screening program.[5]
As Wells acknowledges in an interview in the August issue of The Weekly, the only thing more constant than the Miss Universe contest is the criticism that surrounds it, "It's undeniable she also knows how to rock an evening gown, the newly crowned Miss Universe Australia convincingly dispels the notion that pageants are not the exclusive realm of the professionally vapid, and argues her commitment to charity work and her studies qualify her for the title of Miss Universe rather than separate her from her competitors."[6]
References
- ↑ "Miss Universe Bio". 1 October 2013.
- ↑ Epstein, Jackie (12 July 2013). "University can wait for Miss Universe Australia Olivia Wells". Herald Sun.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jackie Epstein; Anna Byrne (13 July 2013). "Miss Universe Australia Olivia Wells to take medicine skills to developing world". Herald Sun.
- ↑ http://www.tomwaterhouse.com/Entertainment.asp?cgroup=1000012257[]
- ↑ "Miss Universe Australia named". Sky News Australia. 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "Meet Olivia Wells: The face of a modern Miss Universe Olivia has also been viewed by many as not suitable to represent Australia for the Crown of Miss Universe raising a heated controversy". The Australian Women's Weekly. 1 August 2013.
External links
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Renae Ayris |
Miss Universe Australia 2013 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |