Jennifer buys a beachside stunner

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JENNIFER HAWKINS, former Miss Universe, TV personality and cossie designer, has splashed out about $2.2 million for a home in beachside Coogee.

Margie Blok
November 23, 2008

                               
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Luxury fittings . . . a state-of-the-art, open-plan kitchen.




A short stroll from Gordons Bay, the property is a thong's throw from the Clovelly apartment Hawkins and her partner Jake Wall have been renting since June. They are expected to move into the house in a few weeks.

Crammed with bespoke luxury finishes and designer fittings, Hawkins's new home has a discreet street facade yet the interior is lavishly appointed. Renovated this year, it spans four levels with alfresco living areas and a private rooftop terrace with ocean views.

One floor is dedicated to a vast and glamorous main bedroom suite with king-size bed, ultra-modern en suite bathroom (with freestanding Japanese agape spoon bath) and enormous dressing room fitted with custom-made cabinets. A feature wall of Florence Broadhurst-style wallpaper adds a touch of glamour.

Another level has a large dining zone, a state-of-the-art, open-plan kitchen and a sitting area opening onto a private walled garden oasis with a sun terrace and swimming pool.

On the top level is a second double bedroom (with en suite) opening to a roof terrace. The lower ground floor has a study, bathroom and home theatre with a wide, built-in day bed.

The home, on a 210-square-metre block, is Hawkins's fifth seaside property purchase. In recent years, she has bought an investment apartment at Bondi and three properties at Merewether, in her home town of Newcastle.

Source: The Sun-Herald

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Jennifer Hawkins

Birth Place: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Birth: December 22, 1983
Heritage: Australian

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Jennifer Hawkins was born in the Australian city of Newcastle, two hours north of Sydney, in 1984. This regional township has a predominant beach culture, making it the perfect family environment.

Jennifer was the youngest of four children, a position that exposed her to plenty of influence and tutelage from older siblings. Her parents, homemaker Gail and train company manager Robert, remain happily married to this day.

One of Jennifer's first hobbies was dancing, something she took up at the age of 5. While she was devoted to dancing, it never got in the way of her education, which commenced at Barnsley Public Primary School and then continued at West Wallsend High School. During those years, Jennifer was regarded as a quiet student and was always at the top of her class.


jennifer hawkins the cheerleader

Being a smart and responsible person, Jennifer knew that whatever pursuits she was to undertake, she would need a safety plan to fall back on if things didn't turn out as anticipated. So she continued going to school and earned a legal secretarial and office administration certificate.

Even while working for the Newcastle law firm Braye Cragg in 2001, Jennifer never lost sight of her modeling ambitions. That same year, she won a national dance competition.

Her agility on the dance floor led Jennifer to try her hand at water sports, and she soon became addicted to surfing and wakeboarding. Her next professional step was to become a cheerleader for the Newcastle Knights Rugby League team.


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Jennifer took naturally to her new job, and in 2001 she was named the National Rugby League's Cheergirl of the Year. This landed her the cover of Big League magazine, the National Rugby League's official publication.

From that moment, a full-time modeling career was within Jennifer's grasp. She made that career move in 2002. After modeling for a student designer fashion show, she moved on to beauty pageants. Soon, she was crowned Newcastle's Miss Surfest.

Jennifer finished third at the Bartercard Miss Indy competition, then starred in a television ad for the Newcastle Knights Store. This appearance got her contracts for modeling jobs with Airtime Clothing and Dirt Action magazine.

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jennifer hawkins is miss australia

Jennifer then got the break of a lifetime when she won the title of Miss Australia. This gave her both national attention and the access to participate in the 52nd edition of the Miss Universe pageant being held in Quito, Ecuador, in June 2004.

Under the watchful eye of pageant owner Donald Trump, 7,500 spectators, and an estimated 600 million TV viewers in 180 countries, the most beautiful women in the world duked it out with their evening gowns, bikinis and world peace speeches.

In the end, the judges -- which included Bo Derek, The Apprentice winner Bill Rancic as well as Sports Illustrated swimsuit models Elsa Benitez and Petra Nemcova -- were torn between Jennifer and Miss USA Shandi Finnessey.

After much deliberation, Jennifer became the first Australian Miss Universe since Kerry Ann Wells in 1972. Along with some expensive knickknacks like cosmetics, a crystal chandelier and a tiara, she was awarded a $45,000 film school scholarship and a luxury New York City riverside apartment to be used during her reign.

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While Jennifer appreciated all these prizes, she especially welcomed the opportunity to become an ambassador for such charitable organizations as the Global Health Council, amfAR, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and YouthAIDS.

Jennifer has said that what she would like most is to become an anchorwoman for a national news show. In the meantime, she has allegedly entered negotiations to appear along with Shandi Finnessey in an erotic Bollywood-type musical where she would be required to bare it all.

Aside from her year-long stay in New York City, Jennifer is based in Sydney's beach suburb of Bondi, where she never misses an opportunity to go surfing.

Credit: askmen.com

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Her mouth is askew whilst smiling.

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oh, isn't that the cutest thing?