hair_color eye_color birth_place title ethnicity name birth_date article_title birth_name competitions
brown blue green western australia , australia miss australia 1972 miss universe 1972 white/caucasian kerry anne wells 1951 kerry anne wells
 kerry anne wells miss -lrb- winner -rrb- australia 1972 -lrb- winner -rrb- miss universe 1972
kerry anne wells

kerry anne wells -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is an australian fashion designer , writer , commentator , news anchor and beauty queen who was crowned miss universe 1972 .
the 1972 pageant was the first to take place outside the continental united states .
that year , it was held in dorado , puerto rico .
wells was not crowned by her predecessor , georgina rizk because rizk was not able to travel to puerto rico due to government restrictions because of fears of a terrorist attacks after a group of japanese hired by arab terrorists , attacked the international airport in tel aviv and killed twenty-two puerto rican tourists .
for that reason wells was crowned by miss universe 1970 , marisol malaret of puerto rico .
her crowning moment was not shown on television because of a strike threat among pageant electricians .
the screen blacked out as her name was announced as the new miss universe .
after her reign , she pursued working as a news anchor .
prior to entering the pageants , she worked as a weathergirl .
-lsb- http://www.pageants.coms.ph/muphotos3.html] wells 's miss universe victory came in a year that australian women also won the miss world crown , the miss asia pacific title , and placed second in miss international .
, kerry anne wells is a successful fashion designer , writer and commentator who speaks out about positive realistic body image and self-esteem .
she is involved with bodythink , a healthy lifestyle program designed for australian schools .
