The heiress who VANISHED
Jul 28, 2021
3 minutes
COMPILED BY RUSSELL BELL
With her red lips and trademark beehive hairdo, glamorous Juanita Nielsen was a real headturner.
It wasn’t just because she was beautiful. Juanita was well known in Sydney as a journalist and model, and was heiress to the Mark Foy’s department store fortune.
Juanita, 38, was also an outspoken activist.
She was fighting to stop old terrace houses in Kings Cross, Sydney, being knocked down and replaced with apartment blocks. It meant long-term residents would be evicted.
And for two years, Juanita, to campaign against it.
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