Off To Hollywood!

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 59, 1 June 1927, Page 11

Off To Hollywood!

NEW ZEALAND GIRL’S CHANCE

SELECTING “MISS NEW ZEALAND 1927” £9OO IN PRIZES FOR CONTEST INTENDING entrants in “The Miss New Zealand 1927” I contest should carefully peruse these facts. “Miss New Zealand 1927” will go to America. She will be accompanied by a chaperon. She will receive a prize valued at £9OO. It will be made up as follow: 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

She will also receive a number of special prize. Provincial prizes ivill be awarded. “Miss Auckland” will receive a prize of £3o.' Her ]VJaid-of-Honour will receive £2O. The contest is in the hands of several of the Dominion’s principal newspapers, in association with ward and J. C. Williamson's Theatres and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ltd. Entrants must he over the age of 16 years, and where they are under the age of 21, the consent of a parent or guardian in writing must accompany the entrance form. “Miss New Zealand 1927” will be more than a beauty. She will be a screen type. She will go to Culver City, California, as New Zealand’s ambassador. She may, if the dates permit, represent the Dominion at the famous Beauty Pageant at Atlantic City this year. Several country centres will have an opportunity to supply a semi-finalist in the Auckland section of the contest. Pint rants must never have been married. Throughout New Zealand there are thousands of girls of the best type, who can hold their own in the world of sport—swimming, riding, tennis, and a host of other pastimes. Skill in sport infers training, mental and physical, the ability to “play the game” in true British fashion, moulding thus the character and personality, all of which adds to the beauty of girlhood. “Miss New Zealand 1927” will receive a definite screen engagement. She will take part in a feature film production, and while thus engaged will receive a salary of £25 a week. The duration of the “Miss New Zealand 1927” competition is limited to a few weeks. 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 ol the moat 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 at THE SUN Office, and at the Regent. Majestic and Strand Theatres.

CHOOSING THE SEMI-FINALISTS

READERS ASKED TO ASSIST THE SUN readers are invited tc | select a serai-finalist from the compe- i titors whose pictures have been published to date. The following is th list: No. I —Aliss Peggy Davidson. No. 2—Miss Mona Pooley. No. 3—Aliss A. Lambert. No. 4—Withdrawn. No. s—Aliss5 —Aliss Peggy Lubee. No. 6—Aliss Al. Fuller. No. 7—Aliss Rhoda Murphy. No. S—Miss Norma Phair. •No. 9 —Miss M. Kerr. No. 10—Miss Nellie Stewart. No. 11—Aliss Mary Gray. No. 12—Miss Genee Rodgers. No. 13—Aliss Billie Andreasson. •No. 15 —Aliss Dorothy Overton. No. 16. —Withdrawn. No. 17 —Miss Queenie Grahame. No. IS—Aliss Frances Davidson. •No. 19 —Aliss D. AlcPhail. No. 20—Aliss Norma Standish. No. 21—Aliss Sylvia Maxwell. •No. 22—Aliss Alona Jeffreys. No. 23—Miss Eleanor Richardson. No. 24—Miss Winnie Flitton. No. 25—Aliss Doris Stone. •No. 26—Aliss V. Boles. No. 27—Aliss Marjorie Oliver.

No. 28—Aliss E. Trotter. No. 29 —Miss Dorothy Steele. No. 30 —Aliss Hildred Graham. No. 31 —Miss Violet Crondace. No. 32—Miss Spencelly Walker. No. 33—Miss Lynda Murphy. No. 34 —Aliss Reby Boulter. No. 35 —Aliss Norma King. No. 36—Aliss H. Ansell. No. 37—Aliss Gladys Hacket. No. 38 —Miss Del. Thompson. No. 39—Aliss Doris Cheeseman. No. 40 —Miss C. Lardelli. No. 41 —Aliss Alay Daimond. No. 42—Aliss Ani de Bergh. No. 43—Aliss Lorna Robson. No. 44—Miss Phyllis Wheeler. No. 45 —Miss Gladys Jackson. No. 46—Aliss Rose Gordon. No. 47 —Withdrawn. No. 48 —Aliss Pat Collins. No. 49—Miss Zeta Moore. No. 50 —Miss Joan Roberts. No. 51—Aliss C. Furness. No. 52 —Aliss Jean Batten. No. 53—Miss Molly Overton. No. 54 —Aliss Doreen Robson. No. 55 —Aliss Winifred Crosher. No. 56 —Aliss Josephine Stewart. No. 57 —Miss O. Heaton. No. 58—Aliss Constance Wheeler. No. 59—Aliss Billie Sim. No. 60 —Aliss Katherine Sanderson. No. 61—Miss Beatie Sim. No. 62 —Miss Jess McKenzie. •Selected semi-finalists. 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 desiring 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 iHE SUN to the subscriber's address.