1/86GOLD COAST INDY 1996 Launch of the Miss Indy Calendar L TO R: Felicity Cook Lisa Watt Tanya Young Nina Baker Melissa Stevenson Photographer: Richard Webb
1992-2018: Gold Coast Grid Girls Mega Gallery
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2/86GOLD COAST INDY 1995 Paul Tracey meets Miss Indy
3/86GOLD COAST INDY 1992 Start of the race AL photographer Includes Miss Indy will and R/UP
4/86GOLD COAST INDY 1996 Launch Miss Indy Calender Girl L TO R: Felicity Cook Lisa Watt Tanya Young Nina Baker Melissa Stevenson Photographer: Richard Webb
5/86GOLD COAST INDY 1994 Miss Indy Leigh Holmes (sitting) and r/up: Tracey Martin
6/86GOLD COAST INDY 1993 Miss Indy finalist Emma Keprney 19 years old
7/86GOLD COAST INDY 1996 The first Miss Indy Race Team finalist Angela Croft 20, Labrador. Photographer Anne Livingston
8/86GOLD COAST INDY 1996 Miss Indy Nina Baker Perth (left), Tony Cochrane IMG and Miss Indy entrant Lisa Cleave Gold Coast (right) Photographer: David Clark
9/86Miss Indy 1994 Leigh Henderson. Picture: Supplied
10/86Miss Indy 1999 Kylie Boldy. Picture: Supplied
11/86Miss Indy contestants 2004 Jessica Crothers Picture: Supplied
12/86Bartercard Miss Indy 2005 Jane Lee O'Neill. Picture: Mike Batterham
13/86AUGUST 18, 2004: Miss Indy Larissa Wilson braved the wet weather for the launch of the Indy Carnival. Picture: Wayne Jones
14/86Fallon King (L) and Kate Heuttel with Jennifer Hawkins (Middle) crowned Gold Coast 2004 Miss Indy now she's Miss Universe 2004. Picture: Marc McCormack
15/86Gold Coast 2004 Miss Indy second runner-up Miss Jennifer Hawkins. Picture: Supplied
16/86JUNE 02, 2004: rescan from 030828-25 Miss Indy calendar launch at Mano's Main Beach, Indy calendar girl Jennifer Hawkins 19 from Newcastle turns heads and stops traffic at Main Beach. PicGlenn/Hampson Picture: Glenn Hampson
17/86Miss Universe 2004 winner Jennifer Hawkins (R) as second runner up in Bartercard Miss Indy 2003. Picture: Supplied
18/86Gold Coast 2002 Miss Indy Lauren Lillie from the Sunshine Coast (middle) with 1st runner up Rebecca Lund (left) and second runner up Jennifer Hawkins (right) at the Gold Coast Indy track. (AAP Image/Simon Renilson)
19/862015 Miss V8 Supercars National finalist Charlotte Cushing during a photo shoot at Broadwater, Gold Coast. Picture: Regi Varghese
20/862015 New Miss Indy with the runners up in the pits. Winner Kate Hockly 20 of Broadbeach poses for the cameras.
21/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy Marieka Van Den Bergh.
22/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy winners (L-R) 1st runner up Sally Arnott, winner Marieka Van Den Bergh and 2nd runner up Samantha Adams.
23/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy Marieka Van Den Bergh
24/862005 Miss Indy doing the pit walk through. Bartercard Miss Indy Jane-Lee O'Neill (center) walks through the Indy Pits at Surfers Paradise with Miss Indy entrants (l to r) Cassie Gavin and Samantha Lee.
25/86Gold Coast 2015 Miss Indy and Miss February Lisa-Shae Butler. Picture: Supplied
26/86Gold Coast 2015 Miss indy entrants (L-R) Michelle Vegter (green), Chantelle Andrews (blue skirt), Jessica Moller (checks) and Samantha Adams (one piece).
27/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy winners (L-R) 1st runner up Sally Arnott, winner Marieka Van Den Bergh and 2nd runner up Samantha Adams.
28/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy finalist Renee Harvey Bartercard for the Nikon Indy 300. Picture: Carter Alex
29/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy finalist Renee Harvey Bartercard for the Nikon Indy 300. Picture: Carter Alex
30/86Gold Coast 2002 Miss Indy, Lauren Lillie posing in front of one of the Indy cars at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Picture: Supplied
31/86Gold Coast 2002 Miss Indy Lauren Lillie in pit lane. Picture: Supplied
32/86Gold Coast 2009 Miss Indy finalist Alanna Brown. Picture: Supplied
33/86Gold Coast 2010 Miss Indy Susie Leigh. Picture: Tim Marsden
34/86Gold Coast 2015 Miss Indy Marieka Van Den Bherg (middle) is surrounded by 1st runner up Sally Arnott and 2nd runner up Samantha Adams in Pit lane. Picture: Supplied
35/86Gold Coast 2015. The Bartercard Miss Indy Dream Team in pit row. (L-R) Sara Zaina, Maria Hawkes, Emily Caunt, Sarah Buller, Tina Wallmann and Maddy Kyle. Picture: Supplied
36/86Gold Coast 2015 Miss Supercars Marieka Van Den Bergh is now Miss SuperGP. Picture: Supplied
37/86Gold Coast 2006 Miss Indy Winner Sarah Buller 22 (center) with 1st runner up Tina Wallmann 25 (left, dark hair) and 2nd runner up Rachel Donald. (right). Picture: Glenn Hampson
38/86Gold Coast 2005 Miss V8 Sarah-Jane Bevan 20 years of Brisbane. Picture: Sarah Marshall
39/86Gold Coast 2012 Miss Indy Casey Boonstra from Cronulla. Picture: Supplied
40/86Manhunt National Finalists gather around Bartercard Miss Indy 2006 Jana Peterson at the Islander Hotel, Surfers Paradise. Picture: Jodie Richter
41/86Gold Coast 2006 Miss Indy Jana Peterson with Indy General Manager Ken Freer. Picture: Michael Ross
42/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy Marieka Van Den Bergh, Picture: Kapernick David
43/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy Sally Arnott 1st RUNNER UP, Marieka Van Den Bergh WINNER and Samantha Adams 2nd RUNNER UP. Picture: Kapernick David
44/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy Sally Arnott 1st RUNNER UP, Marieka Van Den Bergh WINNER and Samantha Adams 3RD RUNNER UP, Picture: Kapernick David
45/86Renee Harvey Bartercard 2008 Miss Indy Finalist at Miami on the Gold Coast for the Nikon Indy 300. Picture: Carter Alex
46/862008 Gold Coast Miss Indy finalists. Picture: Peter Wallis
47/86Gold Coast 2012 Miss Indy Finalists. Picture: Mike Batterham
48/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss Indy finalist Carmen Cassin of Redcliffe. Picture: Peter Wallis
49/86Gold Coast 2011 Miss Indy Nicole Rossetto. Picture: supplied
50/86Gold Coast 2010 Miss V8 Supercars swimwear judging at the Sea FM stage. Hayley Saunders. Picture: Supplied
51/86GoGold Coast 2010 Miss V8 Supercars swimwear judging at the Sea FM stage. Victoria Taylor. Picture: Supplied
52/86Gold Coast 2010 Miss V8 Supercars swimwear judging at the Sea FM stage. Samantha Harrison. Picture: Supplied
53/86Gold Coast 2010 Miss V8 Supercars swimwear judging at the Sea FM stage. Jennarly Vieira. Picture: Supplied
54/86Gold Coast 2010 Miss V8 Supercars swimwear judging at the Sea FM stage. Monique Mihan. Picture: Supplied
55/86Gold Coast 2013 Miss V8 Supercars Models Jasmini Finlay (left), and Prudence McEniery, wearing Miss V8 Supercars Bikinis. Picture: Chris McCormack.
56/86Gold Coast 2010 Miss V8 Supercars swimwear judging at the Sea FM stage. Picture: Supplied
57/86Gold Coast 2010 Miss V8 Supercars swimwear judging at the Sea FM stage. Picture: Supplied
58/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss V8 Supercars contestants walk down pit lane. Picture: Radke Brendan
59/86Gold Coast 2008 Miss V8 Supercars contestants walk down pit lane. Picture: Brendan Radke
60/86Gold Coast 2013 Miss V8 Supercars Estelle Yarrow (25) from the Gold Coast (centre) with 1st Runner Up Becky Gilbert (27) from Brisbane (L) and 2nd Runner Up Prudence McEniery (22) from Ipswich. Picture: Brendan Radke
61/86Gold Coast 2013 Miss V8 Supercars girls (L-R) Becky Gilbert, winner Estelle Yarrow and Prudence McEniery. Picture: Brendan Radke
62/86Monica Brown is heading down to the Gold Coast for the Miss V8 Supercars competition
63/8624 Miss V8 Supercars National Finalists from NZ and Australia strut their stuff at the Mercure Resort, Carrara. Gold Coast girls (L-R) Tilley Holzberger and Gemma Rose. Photo: Kit Wise
64/86Miss V8 swimwear judging at the GC 600. Gold Coast Girl Gemma Rose of Coolangatta. Picture Mike Batterham
65/86GC 600 Colour. L-R Louise Nyman of Surfers Paradise, Kat Robinson of Ashmore and Bree Maloney of Pacific Pines. Picture Mike Batterham
66/86Miss V8 Supercars winners l-r 2nd Cassandra Jade Dimitriadis, winner Stella Badenoch from Adelaide and 3rd Gemma Rose from Coolangatta walk through the pits during Day 3, Sunday of the GC 600 through the streets of Surfers Paradise. Pics Adam Head
67/86GC 600 Colour. Kate Awhy of Benowa and Emily Archer of Surfers Paradise .. Picture Mike Batterham
68/86All the colour from day three of the Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercar race, held on the streets of Surfers Paradise. Miss V8 Supercars winner Estelle Yarrow.
69/86Action from the Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Miss V8 Supercar winner Stella Badenoch doing a pitwalk. Picture Glenn Hampson
70/86Action from the Gold Coast 600 at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Miss V8 Supercar winner Stella Badenoch doing a pitwalk. Picture Glenn Hampson
71/86NT entrant for the Miss Supercars Sport Model Search Chelsi Bakaric poses for a photo at East Point on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. She will head down to the Gold Coast next week to take on the 25 other finalists. Picture: Keri Megelus
72/86NT entrant for the Miss Supercars Sport Model Search Chelsi Bakaric poses for a photo at East Point on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. She will head down to the Gold Coast next week to take on the 25 other finalists. Picture: Keri Megelus
73/86Brighton East local Jessieca Penn has been chosen as one of the 24 Miss Supercars national finalists who will be vying for the crown at the upcoming Gold Coast 600. Picture: Josie Hayden
74/86Elise Taylor – 2018 Miss Supercars entrant. Pic for Peter & Regina Column GC Bulletin Pic supplied
75/86Gold Coast 600 Colour. Miss Supercars Gabriella Bottarelli. Picture Mike Batterham
76/86Gold Coast 600 Colour. Miss Supercars Gabriella Bottarelli. Picture Mike Batterham
77/86Brighton East local Jessieca Penn has been chosen as one of the 24 Miss Supercars national finalists who will be vying for the crown at the upcoming Gold Coast 600. Picture: Josie Hayden
78/86Gold Coast 2017 Miss Supercars models competing in the swimwear judging of the 2017 finals of the Miss Supercars competition, held at the Gold Coast 600 Supercars race at Surfers Paradise Gold Coast. Picture: BRENDAN RADKE
79/86General, generic stock photo of models competing in the swimwear judging of the 2017 finals of the Miss Supercars competition, held at the Gold Coast 600 Supercars race at Surfers Paradise Gold Coast. Picture: BRENDAN RADKE
80/86Action from the Gold Coast 600 Supercars race, held at the Surfers Paradise street circuit, Gold Coast. (L-R) Miss Supercars contestant Nicole Hall, Miss Supercars 2016 Charlotte Cushing and Miss Supercars contestant Emma James. Picture: BRENDAN RADKE
81/86Miss Supercars Ambassador Katie Stevens (white, centre) with the Miss Supercars 2017 finalists at Norwell Motorplex on the Gold Coast this week, October 2017
82/86Miss Supercars Ambassador Katie Stevens (white, centre) with the Miss Supercars 2017 finalists at Norwell Motorplex on the Gold Coast this week, October 2017
83/86GC600 at Surfers Paradise. Winners of Miss Supercars Gold Coast. 1st Charlotte Cushing (Gold Coast), 1st runner up Saeran Tanton (Townsville) and 2nd runner up Rebecca Martens (Toowoomba). Picture: Richard Gosling
84/86GC600 at Surfers Paradise. Winners of Miss Supercars Gold Coast. 1st Charlotte Cushing (Gold Coast), runner up Saeran Tanton (Townsville) and Rebecca Martens (Toowoomba). Picture: Richard Gosling
85/86Miss Supercars contestants Ashley Izod, Stacey Simpson, Saeran Tanon and Billie Homuk during the Castrol Gold Coast 600, in Gold Coast, Australia, October 21, 2016.
86/86Poolside at Mercure Resort Gold Coast. Miss Supercars finalists sporting the slick new Procomp Aus Checkered bikini. Gold Coaster Megan Hall. Picture: Richard Gosling
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