Lagoon Catwalk – Splash Hit with Models and Designers
One of the biggest attractions at the 2008 $100,000 Opal Fashion Bash was this Lagoon Catwalk kindly constructed by this group of below Townsville Building Industry Companies. Over 170 surf swim wear designs were paraded by 120 models on Thursdays nights Lagoon Catwalk Fashion show.
Well it may be over for another year but the 2008 NOMA $100,000 Opal Fashion Bash was the best yet! Opals Pendants galore, lots of Cash Prizes, beautiful models & designs made in heaven were the order of the day. A record breaking 525 entries were registered from 3 states of Australia. 150 models hit the catwalk to parade over 202 design garments + another 327 designs in the 3 models & Miss Universe Australia prize categories, that's a whole lot of material! Overall it was a WIN ..WIN... for everyone. The guests in attendance, the entrants & all our sponsors. If there was any one special attraction it had to be the first ever staging of the 2008 Preliminary Townsville Final of Miss Universe Australia & of course that amazing Lagoon Catwalk on opening night. To everybody whom attended or helped in any way "Please take a well deserved Bow"
Meet the Faces of the Fashion Bash
Sherie Wilcox, 13 yrs, Kirwan State High, Townsville entered the 2008 Qld Boulder Opal $20,000 Voters Choice Awards last September with one mission on her mind, To become the first national face of the Opal Fashion Bash, She obtained over 3500 sponsored $2 Voting Entry Forms by selling mangoes from her front yard, selling tickets in a signed Cowboys Jersey and collecting sponsored votes off many business houses, In total she raised over $7000 with won her $2800 in cash + a $3000 opal pendant, In her ambassador role she will visit schools encouraging students to participate in many of competitions staged at the 2009 Opal Fashion Bash. To Enter 2009 $20,000 Voters Choice Awards please Click on Competitions
Karin Campbell, 15yrs, Richmond State High only entered these voters choice awards in mid March yet in less than 4 weeks she secured 3000 votes & $6000 in registered voting money. Her effort was well rewarded winning $2400 in cash + $1500 Pearl Opal Pendant. She now has become the Face of Western Qld & her ambassador duties will be to encourage more western students to also participate in many competition events at the 2009 opal Fashion Bash.
We are on the Road to Miss Universe
Congratulations to the 20 female entrants from all parts of Queensland who contested Townsville first ever Miss Universe Australia Preliminary Final at this year's Opal Fashion Bash, We promised the director of MUA we would deliver a quality finalist & she was so taken by the standard of our female entrants she is now taking 2 down to Melbourne for the finals on 14 May. Congratulations must go to Rachael Anne Finch & Jessica Passmore whom now have the hopes of all North Qld resting on their shoulders, Win or Lose they will do us proud and who knows it just might be back to back title wins for us with Kimberley Busteed flying the fashion bash flag last year and being crowned 2007 Miss Universe Australia : Footnote:Jessica was awarded 3rd Runner up at MUA Final in Melbourne & has since returned to her University study as well as starring in a television commercial. Rachael has since worked back in New York & Sydney where she did a photo shoot to appear in a Coca-Cola National advertising campaign this summer. In October she will represent the Face of Australian Opals at the 2008 Dubai International Colour Gem Show. She will also be parading fashions on Channel NINE - Mornings with Kerri-Anne TV Show 8 October as well as being featured in a Target Stores Lingerie advertisement in the January Issue of Marie Claire.
Congratulations to Kassy Zandt, Cairns who has made the final 14 out of 38,000 contestants in Seven’s Hit TV Show “Make me a Supermodel”.
Kassy was judged best dressed evening wear model & was runner up in sports casual wear in 16 -19 yrs age category at 2008 Opal Fashion Bash. You can view more photo images of Kassy on web Links: Prize Winners & Prize Categories
Footnote:Kassy finished in 12th place in the Final. She is now planning to further her modelling career in Sydney or overseas. She certainly put the Opal Fashion Bash into the national spotlight. Well done Kassy.
We're going to Opal-eye's the
Youths of this Nation
Showcase models Kendal Schuler, Cairns & Jesinta Campbell – Hogg, Gold Coast were
a smash hit at 2008 Gold Coast Aust Opal
Exhibition where they sang & danced the night away. Industry leaders are hoping to entice them to become the
“Faces of Opal”
Looking at this stunning snap shot this just
might be the bold marketing move this
industry needs to follow in order to “ Opal-eye’s the Youth of this Nation”.
Footnote: Kendal will be appearing in the following issues of these Fashion Magazines: USA Vogue – September, Cosmopolitan, Harpers Bazaar & Shop Till You Drop – December. She will also be representing the Face of Australian Opal at the 2008 Dubai International Colour Gem Show in October. Jesinta has now completed her year 12 studies on the Gold Coast & is looking forward to the 2008 Tamblyn Young Model Discovery Final in Brisbane on 13 October. Let’s hope we have another international model discovery on the way.
To ensure our future student entrants continue on with the national & global success the opal fashion bash has achieved to date we urgently need more talent scouts to join our team at Youth Fashion Expressions Inc. All you need is a good pair of eye’s & the ability to spot a student whom you believe has the potential to make it big in the world of fashion. They could be good at photography, drawing & design, sewing, modelling, dancing or even wearable art.
WIN – WIN –WIN: $2500 Talent Scout of the Year Awards:
There are some great prize packages to be won to reward our best talent scouts. So if you want to assist us to discover the next big thing in the fashion industry & find out how you can WIN some of these great prizes - Please click on Competitions
Opal Fashion Bash TV Doco:
View 49 Mins of Fashion Entertainment
Place your orders in now as this will be prime viewing. Filmed on location at a cost of $20,000 over 5 days it features all the entertaining highlights of this year's bash. It also follows the amazing journey of Carla Nott, a 14 old part indigenous high school student from Kununurra in WA who travelled thousands of kilometres in a hope to be discovered. This is a real Cinderella Outback Princess story that will inspire a nation. Is your Face on this TV Doco? To order your copy please Click on Video Purchase Order
To order a copy of this Tv Doco please click on Video Purchase Oder
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PHOTOS - PHOTOS - PHOTOS
To purchase any photographs taken at the 2008 Opal Fashion Bash please contact
If you think you have a face that could sell a product then this is the opportunity to enter an exciting new competition that could launch a future career for you in the Fashion Industry.
It's simple to enter and there's some great prize packages to WIN!
For more information on how to enter please click on Competitions
Rachel Anne Finch, Hannah McDougall, Hollie Tickner More interesting pictures and bio's in Showcase Models
Kendal Schuler, Sarah Furnell, Sarah Todd Look what we discovered with Tamblyn Models!
Gemma Scott, Alexandra Carless, Anita Balsdon More interesting pictures and bio's in Showcase Models
We thank you for again visiting our web site
and do hope all the information posted does assist you or some friends to enter NOMA $100,000 Opal Fashion Bash 09. If you require any further assistance re accommodation, travel or about any of the programmed events or competitions we will be staging - Please do not hesitate to contact any of our Team Fashion Bash Members whose photos & contact numbers appear on our “Contact Us” web page.
For information about the venue of the Opal Fashion Bash 08, including a map to get there please click on our venue page.
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Congratulations to the 20 female entrants from all parts of Queensland who contested Townsville first ever Miss Universe Australia Preliminary Final at this year's Opal Fashion Bash, We promised the director of MUA we would deliver a quality finalist & she was so taken by the standard of our female entrants she is now taking 2 down to Melbourne for the finals on 14 May. Congratulations must go to Rachael Anne Finch & Jessica Passmore whom now have the hopes of all North Qld resting on their shoulders, Win or Lose they will do us proud and who knows it just might be back to back title wins for us with Kimberley Busteed flying the fashion bash flag last year and being crowned 2007 Miss Universe Australia : 
If you think you have a face that could sell a product then this is the opportunity to enter an exciting new competition that could launch a future career for you in the Fashion Industry.
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