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Moraya Wilson is crowned Miss Universe Australia .

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Poppy Capella, the national director of the event in Indonesia (centre) with contestants.

‘Body checks’: Miss Universe cuts ties with Indonesian franchise over sex harassment claims

Six contestants in Indonesia’s Miss Universe pageant have filed complaints with police and accused local organisers of asking them to strip to their underwear for “body checks” for scars or cellulite. Some contestants said they were photographed topless.

Miss Universe Indonesia Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana, pictured with her mother Janet DeNeefe, is farewelled from Jakarta airport before the pageant in the US.

Beauty queen takes leaf out of mother’s book in Miss Universe bid

Her Australian mother founded a successful writers’ festival in the shadow of the Bali bombings. She is taking the island to the world in her own way.

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Miss Myanmar Thuzar Wint Lwin appears onstage at Miss Universe 2021 in Hollywood, Florida.

‘I was so scared’: Miss Universe Myanmar arrives for pageant with a message

With the military seizing power in a February 1 coup and killing hundreds of protesters, Thuzar Wint Lwin hopes to use her platform to call attention to Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement.

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Even when my grandfather was wearing a breathing mask in hospital, he’d try to tell the nurses I’d won Miss Universe Australia.

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