JENNY PARK


JENNY began her working career with Cathay Pacific Airways for a period of 4 years ( 1984- 1988). She resigned as flight purser to return to Seoul, Korea where she joined Hilton Hotel as Manager in Charge of Executive Floors mostly handling VIP guests beforeher marriage to an English Banker working in Korea.After her 2 grown-up boys left Seoul to attend boarding school in UK, she opened her own gallery and worked as a freelance Fashion Designer for 4 years organizing several
successful fashion shows and Charity Event with prominent TV stations and globalcompanies. Currently, she is the Director of Korea Times, Hankook Ilbo Media Group leading English daily newspaper in Korea, National Director for Miss World Korea and other major Beauty Pageants in Korea.












JESSICA MANINS

JESSICA is the Casting Manager in Australia and New Zealand for the online audition website www.starnow.com Having worked with numerous large pageants from around the world Jessica has a good idea of what it takes to make it in the industry. After studying Television Production Jessica moved into the world of acting and has featured in numerous theatre productions and films around Wellington. She is a core
member of the professional improvisation company ‘The Improvisors’ and also works with the Top N.Z children’s Entertainment group ‘The Plops’. With a new full length album and music video planned for 2009 ‘The Plops’ keeps Jessica very busy. If she ever has a
spare moment she pursues her love of comedy and will be performing her own comedy
piece in the International Comedy Festival in May. As both an actress/comedian and an industry professional, Jessica will bring a fresh approach to judging and looks forward to finding a fantastic model to represent New Zealand.

ANDHY is a Fijian Native who has worked with most of the top names in New Zealand Fashion, from Designers to Beauty Queens and Models including Rachel Hunter. His experience to date includes working as a Production Assistant on Air New Zealand Fashion Week to hosting the Fashion Segment on Christchurch's Canterbury Television Good Living Programme in 2008. To date, he has styled the new Ladi 6 " Dark Brown" Video and is the Director and Producer of Style Christchurch, The official Fashion event during New Zealand Cup and
Show Week.










BELINDA DUNNE


At the age of 20 after growing up in small town NZ BELINDA moved to Auckland to pursue a career in modelling and travel. She soon discovered her look was more suited to the shores of Asia and accepted a short term modelling contract in Japan. Her time there was very successful however international modelling was just one thing on her " TO DO" list and she headed home to compete another of her dreams, representing North Harbour in Miss New Zealand. As a contestant she had a rebellious streak and never made it to the top ten but she was always very grateful for the finishing school aspect of the pageant so went on to run several area competitions. It was then that another of the Miss NZ teaching came into play "Don't limit your dreams", with this belief she started her own business, studied journalism, travelled the world, and participated in several tough sports such as fighting and motto cross. There wasn't a playing field or board room where she didn't feel she belonged. Today she owns an events management company which has ran 17 televised events and has several TV projects in the works for 2009. Her business is booming and this is in partly due to the persona and life skills she developed while in training for the Miss NZ pageant. Her message to the girls “enjoy this time learn all you can and realise that although there is only one winner, what you learn in here can set you up to succeed in the future.”

Ricardo Simich

A good looking very tanned Ricardo is described as the “ultimate man-about-town. He used to work in New York but decided to return to NZ after the terrorists attacks of 911. With  a public relations, marketing, website design background & a passion for fashion he began, together with his mum, Ann, ‘a one stop marketing shop’ ONE AGENCY. Aside from his directorship at One Agency he is also a Front of House at Air NZ Fashion Week event. Ricardo is the man you need to know if you want to get a better seat and making sure people are where they’re supposed to be seated.  He has to know all faces,  cater to all the guests and sees to it that everything run smoothly.  Ricardo works year-round keeping an eye on every detail leading up to Fashion week and once the time comes he performs a well choreographed juggling act to make sure media, buyers, & guests are looked after.  It is a task he handles with aplomb without so much as a ruffle in his immaculate Keith Matheson suits & Armani ties.