Ngawara Bradshaw of Bluff wins 1963 "Miss Southland".

Looking at 1963 Miss Ngawara Bradshaw won 'Miss Southland ' who was 18 years old at the time.  Her win was popular with the crowd at the Winter Show in Invercargill.  Ngawara, the daughter of Mr and Mrs N. Bradshaw of Bluff.
Ngawara was well known in Bluff and worked on the money order counter at the local Post Office.  She was 5' 2" tall and 34-22-34 figure.  

Other competitors were: (from left)
Claire Northcoat, Helen Edmonds, Suzanne Knowles, Rosalie Hollands, Shirley Cook, Berenise Cowan, Ngawara Bradshaw (winner), Claudine Allen (runner up), Aileen Burgess, Joyce Preston, Robyn Thomson, Russell Popham, Wendy Barber.