My scanner has gone kaput and I’m now three weeks in the process of getting it fixed. You know—ordering a part, having it arrive, finding it’s totally wrong (as in: the part does not even exist inside this model of scanner), and now, having a really annoying moiré effect on photographs that do not have a dot screen!
I’m less than impressed as I have some lovely photographs from my judging of Miss Universe New Zealand 2008. Girls: don’t worry—the embarrassing ones won’t wind up anywhere on the ’net, though I may email them to you directly.
These are off one of those newfangled cellphones. The good 35 mm ones will have to wait.
Miss Wellington, Rebecca Connor, sponsored by the Establishment Bar, on the launch to Waiheke. Rebecca was in the top five and, from what I can tell, a crowd favourite.
Samantha Powell, Miss Horowhenua, who later won the title of Miss Universe New Zealand 2008. Even in this shot she seems to have a natural beauty.
Some of the top-placed contestants are here in a very leggy shot: Rebecca Connor, Hannah Matthews (runner-up, sponsored by Masport), Samantha Powell are present from left to right. From right to left are Kylie Anderson (sponsored by C. R. Johnson), who was second runner-up in 2006, and Sylvia Laurenson (sponsored by Bettjemans), runner-up in 2007, both re-entering (Sylvia came in the top five this year). That leaves Kylie Warfield third from right—not a contestant, but one of the chaperones and assistants, who could have easily come in a top position herself in this competition. (She was Miss New Zealand Asia-Pacific 2005.)
The wake from the launch out to Waiheke.
The girls do not starve themselves, as you can see—yep, that’s cream on the top of that glass being delivered to Miss Wanganui, Michelle Kleinsmith. And it’s one of two such glasses heading to this table.
And if we judges got bored between the parades on Waiheke, we had this happening on our table. Mating season—and a bit of post-coital activity. Poor bastard is being eaten by the missus. Talk about seriously violent domestics.
