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. She sold the car, but the speed boat was well used.
View the full video interview here: https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/16/newsmakers-looking-back-with-nzs-only-miss-universe-winner/
