ONLY A MONTH!

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 58, 31 May 1927, Page 14

ONLY A MONTH!

Deciding “Miss New Zealand 1927”

£9OO IN PRIZES

DETAILS OF SCREEN CONTEST

NO less a sum than £9OO in prize-money is offered in connection with the “Miss New Zealand 1927” screen contest. The prize is made up as follows: Two first-class fares for self and chaperon from New Zealand to Los Angeles and return £225 Studio engagement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Incorporated, for duration of a feature film at £25 a week, valued at £275 Pocket money £IOO Wardrobe £l5O Chaperon’s allowance £l5O Total £9OO

Auckland girls must remember that the competition will close within ( a month. It is necessary that photographs should reach THE SUN without any further delay. Minds must be made up at once, if the opportunity of going to Hollywood is not to be neglected. In conjunction with Fuiler-flay-ward, J. C. Williamson, and Associated Theatres, THE SUN and other journals are conducting a competition to search for the most suitable giri to represent New Zealand in a moving picture studio Every centre in the Dominion is entering upon the same quest, and the rich reward will be keenly contested, for who can tell which town will have the honour of sending “Miss New Zealand 1927” to the top of the poll? ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE Entry forms are available at THE SUN Office on application. The duration of the “Miss New Zealand 1927” competition is limited to a few weeks. There is every indication that the competition will be one oi the most eagerly contested. THE SUN has already received numbers of photographs. #We want them in as quickly as possible. Everyone should enter into the spirit of this great adventure. Photographs of approved candidates will be taken free of charge by the Bell Studio, Karangahape Road. Additional photos of contestants appear In this issue. Others will appear during the competition, and each will have a distinguishing number. Application forms are obtainable al THE SUN Office, and at the Regent. Majestic and Strand Theatres. CHOOSING THE SEMI-FINALISTS READERS ASKED TO ASSIST THE SUN readers are invited to select a semi-finalist from the competitors whose pictures have been purelished to date. The following is ch* list:

HOW TO VOTE The girl who heads the poll each week as the choice of THE SUN readers, becomes a semi-finalist, and will be eligible to compete in the final. Voting this week is confined to numbers 1 to 62, whose pictures have been published in THE SUN. The weekly poll closes on Fridays at 9 p.m., and the result will be announced on Saturday. Next week's vote will be taken on all the competitors left in with the addition of those whose pictures are published this week. in all cases the voting coupon published below must be used or a prepaid subscription to THE SUN for a term substituted for the coupon. Any person desir4ng to cast a number of votes may do so on the following basis: Votes 3 months subscription, 9/9 75 6 months subscription, 19/6 150 12 months subscription, 39/- 300 On receipt of a prepaid subscription for delivery of THE SUN daily together with an intimation as to which candidate the subscriber desires to vote for, the Publisher will credit the votes accordingly and arrange for the delivery of THE SUN to the subscriber's address.

No. I—Miss Peggy Davidson. No. 2 —Miss Mona Pooley. No. 3—Miss A. Lambert. No. 4 —Withdrawn. No. s—Miss5 —Miss Peggy Lubee. No. 6 —Miss M. Fuller. No. 7—Miss Rhoda Murphy. No. B—Miss Norma Phair. *No. 9—Miss M. Kerr. No. 10 —Miss Nellie Stewart. No. II —Miss Mary Gray. No. 12 —Miss Genee Rodgers. No. 13 —Miss Billie Andreasson. *No. 15—Miss Dorothy Overton. No. 16. —Withdrawn. No. 17 —Miss Queenie Grahame. No. 18 —Miss Frances Davidson. *No. 19—Miss D. McPhail. No. 20 —Miss Norma Standish. No. 21—Miss Sylvia Maxwell. *No. 22—Miss Mona Jeffreys. No. 23 —Miss Eleanor Richardson. No. 24—Miss Winnie Flitton. No. 25—Miss Doris Stone. *No. 26—Miss V. Boles. No. 27—Miss Marjorie Oliver. No. 28—Miss E. Trotter. No. 29—Miss Dorothy Steele.

No. 30—Miss Hildred Graham. No. 31—Miss Violet Crondace. No. 32 —Miss Spencelly Walker. No. 33—Miss Lynda Murphy. No. 34—Miss Reby Boulter. No. 35 —Miss Norma King. No. 36—Miss H. Ansell. No. 37—Miss Gladys Hacket. No. 38—Miss Del. Thompson. No. 39—Miss Doris Cheeseman. No. 40 —Miss C. Lardelli. No. 41—Miss May Daimond. No. 42—Miss Ani de Bergh. No. 43 —Miss Lorna Robson. No. 44-—Miss Phyllis Wheeler. No. 45—Miss Gladys Jackson. No. 46 —Miss Rose Gordon. No. 47—Withdrawn. No. 48—Miss Pat Collins. No. 49—Miss Zeta Moore. No. 50 —Miss Joan Roberts. No. 51 —Miss C. Furness. No. 52—Miss 3ean Batten. No. 53—Miss Molly Overton. No. 54—Miss Doreen Robson. No. 55 —Miss Winifred Crosher. No. 56—Miss Josephine Stewart. No. 57—Miss O. Heaton. No. 58 —Miss Constance Wheeler. No. 59—Miss Billie Sim. No. 60—Miss Katherine Sanderson. No. 61—Miss Beatie Sim. No. 62—Miss Jess McKenzie. •Selected semi-finalists.