Territory beauty Veruschka Stevans-Warde to compete at the 2017 Miss World Australia

PHILLIPPA BUTT, NT News - July 10, 2017 11:30am

A BORN and bred Territorian may be one step closer to international recognition this Friday after she competes in the Miss World Australia competition.

Veruschka Stevans-Warde, 19, will represent the Northern Territory at the Miss World Australia competition on Friday. Picture: Ed Purnomo
Veruschka Stevans-Warde will represent the NT at the national competition. It will be her first beauty pageant.

“I started modelling in Darwin when I was 16 and it was mostly photo shoots,” she said.

“But I’ve just recently moved to Melbourne to pursue a modelling career.”

The 19-year-old said she was looking forward to using the pageant to improve her self-confidence.

“It will be a very good experience to improve my confidence,” she said.

“It’s a great experience — you really learn a lot about yourself.”

Unlike some other beauty pageants, the Miss World competition has a focus on charity work.

“It’s all about beauty with a purpose, so they partner with the Variety, the Children’s Charity,” Ms Stevans-Warde said.

“We all have fundraising pages where we encourage people to donate so hopefully everyone in the NT will get behind me.”

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