Wearing a gorgeous gown, a tiara and her sash, Celestina Aolele Grant looks every inch the regal beauty queen at our photo shoot.
Crowned Miss Mana Wahine at Miss Rotorua in 2022, you’d never guess that just three years earlier, she was at rock bottom – a P addict who sold both drugs and her body.
Celestina, 48, who is of Ngāti Awa and Te Arawa descent, tells her struggles started when she was being raised