Kimberley Busteed
Born (1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 (age 35)
Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Universe Australia 2007
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Universe Australia 2007
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2007 (Unplaced)

Kimberley Busteed (born 4 June 1988) is an Australian TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Australia 2007 and represented Australia in the 2007 Miss Universe pageant. She is from Gladstone in Central Queensland, Australia[1] and is a former teen swimming champion and surf lifesaving competitor. In 2006 she was the Fashion on the Field winner at the Doomben races in Brisbane, following that she won the Melbourne Cup Fashions on the Field.[2] In 2012 Busteed resumed her competitive swimming by competing in the Noosa Tri, swimming the 1500m ocean stretch for her team.[3]

Personal life

Busteed is married to retired cricketer Chris Simpson. They have two daughters Victoria and Evie.[4]

Career

While competing in Mexico during the Miss Universe 2007 contest, she was heavily criticized for wearing her "tacky" national costume. Some of Australia's top designers branded the red lifesaving themed costume as "trashy" and "nothing to do with Australia's culture". However she was endorsed by designers Wayne Cooper and Peter Morrissey in the same year.[5]

Busteed has worked extensively with the Leukaemia Foundation, inspired by the death of her brother at the age of 9.[6][7]

Near the end of 2008, Busteed obtained a position as a TV presenter on Channel 7's Creek to Coast and Queensland's Weekender.[8][9][10] She later went on to work as a presenter for radio with Nova 106.9.[4]

References

  1. ^ "National catwalk beckons Charley". Port Curtis Post. 9 July 2012. p. 6.
  2. ^ Casey, Scott (26 May 2007). "Qld beauty's countdown to Miss Universe final". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Beautiful swim leg? Tri two". Sunshine Coast Daily. 3 November 2012. p. 3.
  4. ^ a b Symonds, Kristy (3 June 2018). "Nova 106.9 presenter Kimberley Busteed gives birth to a baby girl". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. ^ Cummings, Bronwyn (13 October 2007). "Glittering night of fashion; Champers and diamonds as top designers show off". The Cairns Post. p. 4.
  6. ^ Carne, Lucy (30 September 2007). "Kimberley Busteed - Miss Universe Australia". The Sunday Mail. Australia. p. 64.
  7. ^ "Kimberley adds plenty of colour in quest to raise $3 million". The Gold Coast Bulletin. 14 February 2008.
  8. ^ "Judging our best talents". The Gold Coast Bulletin. 31 January 2012. p. 17.
  9. ^ Creek to Coast The Team
  10. ^ Hoffman, Bill (16 November 2012). "Hive gets its new glamour queen B". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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Awards and achievements Preceded by Erin McNaught Miss Universe Australia 2007 Succeeded by Laura Dundovic


Miss Universe 2007, national titleholders
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