In my September 19 Weekly column, I asked readers to help me find a woman I’d been wondering about for decades. I knew her as Georgiana Moore. Way back in 1963, when I was 14, she won along with my older brother Brian, the Phillips Young Mr & Miss New Zealand Contest. This wasn’t a beauty contest. It was an attempt to find the two most talented young people in the country.
Nine hundred hopefuls took part. Their academic and sports records were scrutinised. Their personality and ability to speak before a crowd was tested in regional finals all over New Zealand.
The two winners’ prizes were extraordinary: a flight around the world, an all-expenses-paid year at a US or Swiss University, a wardrobe of fashionable clothing, and an executive employment
