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Title | Miss Universe Australia 2022 |
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Monique Riley is an Australian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Australia 2022. She represented Australia at Miss Universe 2022, and reached the top 16. [1]
Riley grew up in the Noosa region of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. She was educated at Sunshine Beach State High School and Good Shepherd Lutheran College. [2] After leaving school she completed a creative industries degree at QUT in Brisbane.[ citation needed ]
On September 9, 2022, Riley competed and won against 36 other candidates at Miss Universe Australia 2022, at the Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Queensland. [3]
As Miss Universe Australia, Riley represented Australia at Miss Universe 2022, and reached the top 16.[ citation needed ]
The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is the district defined in 1967 as "the area contained in the Shires of Landsborough, Maroochy and Noosa, but excluding Bribie Island". Located 100 km (62 mi) north of the centre of Brisbane in South East Queensland, on the Coral Sea coastline, its urban area spans approximately 60 km (37 mi) of coastline and hinterland from Pelican Waters to Tewantin.
Peregian Beach is a beach and small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is a suburb split between two local government areas with the eastern coastal in the Shire of Noosa and the western hinterland part in the Sunshine Coast Region. In the 2021 census, Peregian Beach had a population of 4,972 people.
Noosa Heads is a coastal town and suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is a popular holiday destination. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Noosa Heads had a population of 5,120 people.
Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Cooroy had a population of 4,801 people.
The Shire of Noosa is a local government area about 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covers an area of 870 square kilometres (335.9 sq mi). It existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it was amalgamated with the Shire of Maroochy and City of Caloundra to form the Sunshine Coast Region. The shire was re-established on 1 January 2014. In the 2021 census, the shire had a population of 56,298 people.
Tewantin is a town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. Tewantin was the original settlement in the Noosa region and is one of its three major centres today. In the 2021 census, the locality of Tewantin had a population of 11,164 people.
Sunshine Coast Airport is an Australian international airport located in Marcoola, 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Maroochydore, roughly centrally located along the coast of the Sunshine Coast Region. It is approximately 90 km (56 mi) north of centre of Brisbane, within the South East Queensland agglomeration. The airport is owned by Sunshine Coast Regional Council and is the principal and only jet-capable airport serving an urban area of nearly 400,000 residents.
Pomona is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is about 135 kilometres north of Brisbane. The town was originally called Pinbarren Siding from 1890-1900 as a subsidiary to Pinbarren. In the 2021 census, the locality of Pomona had a population of 2,931 people.
Kin Kin is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Kin Kin had a population of 844 people.
Sunrise Beach is a coastal suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Sunrise Beach had a population of 3,687 people.
Doonan is a rural residential locality split between the Sunshine Coast Region and the Shire of Noosa, both in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Doonan had a population of 3,727 people.
Black Mountain is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Black Mountain had a population of 1,560 people.
Weyba Downs is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Weyba Downs had a population of 352 people.
Peregian Springs is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Peregian Springs had a population of 9,532 people.
Kimberley Busteed is an Australian TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Australia 2007 and represented Australia in the 2007 Miss Universe pageant. She is from Gladstone in Central Queensland, Australia and is a former teen swimming champion and surf lifesaving competitor. In 2006 she was the Fashion on the Field winner at the Doomben races in Brisbane, following that she won the Melbourne Cup Fashions on the Field. In 2012 Busteed resumed her competitive swimming by competing in the Noosa Tri, swimming the 1500m ocean stretch for her team.
The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia.
The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union is the local rugby union competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Through Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Limited it serves as the governing body for rugby on the Sunshine Coast.
Queensland's Sunshine Coast has sporting teams across national, state, and local levels. Some Coast based clubs trace their history back to the early 20th century.
Sandra Leigh Bolton is an Australian politician. She has been the Independent member for Noosa in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017.
Miss Universe Australia 2022 was the 18th edition of the Miss Universe Australia pageant held at the Warner Bros. Movie World in Gold Coast, Queensland on September 9, 2022. Daria Varlamova of Victoria crowned her successor Monique Riley of New South Wales at the end of the event. She represented Australia at Miss Universe 2022 where she placed in the top 16.