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  1. Eye color. Blue green. Major. competition (s) Miss New Zealand 1983. (Winner) Miss Universe 1983. (Winner) Lorraine Elizabeth Downes (born 12 June 1964) is a New Zealand dancer and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe title in 1983 and the New Zealand version of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars in 2006.

  2. Women’s Weekly November 2022. by Lorraine Downes 403 views. Love, loss & Lorraine ‘THE CHOICE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE’ The former Miss Universe joins fellow Kiwi beauty queens Delyse and Elaine in a new documentary about how life changed ... 29 Nov 2022. View Post.

  3. About. In 1983 I won Miss Universe. It was a life defining moment which opened up a world of wonderful opportunities and rich experiences for which I have much to be grateful for. But life as it has a tendency to do, also presented me with enormous challenges that at times left me struggling to cope. During those times I had to dig deep to get ...

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  5. Dec 16, 2023 · 1News presenter Melissa Stokes speaks to New Zealand's first, and only, Miss Universe pageant winner Lorraine Downes. One of the best things Downes told me about the 1983 Miss Universe Pageant was that she won a Chrysler Lebaron car - a convertible of course - and a speed boat. Both of which she brought back to NZ after her reign.

  6. www.stuff.co.nz › entertainment › stuff-to-watchStuff

    Forty years after winning Miss Universe, Lorraine Downes looks back in new documentary. Watch her inspiring journey and learn about her life and challenges on Stuff.

  7. Jul 10, 2018 · Lorraine Downes with PM Robert Muldoon and his wife Thea (New Zealand Herald via Te Ara) When Lorraine Downes entered the 1983 Miss Universe New Zealand pageant, she hoped to win enough money to buy an airplane ticket to Australia. A few months later she was standing on the stage of the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri in front of 16,000 ...

  8. Lorraine Downes was 19-years-old when she created history at the Miss Universe stage in 1983 by becoming the first ever Miss Universe crown from New Zealand. She became a household name overnight and spent the next 12 months travelling the world, carrying out the duties of Miss Universe and meeting high profile leaders such as US President Ronald Reagan.

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