Belinda Green

Belinda Lynette Green OAM (born 4 May 1952) is an Australian model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1972 contest at the age of 20.

[7] Green began her pageantry career in 1972, where she won the title of Miss World, at the age of 20, against 73 other contestants.

After this win, Actor and comedian Bob Hope invited her to entertain the American troops in Vietnam, during Christmas 1972.

[9] Green continued her pageantry career, being crowned Miss Australia beach girl in 1974, taking place in Perth.

Upon Brownes’ request, Green became part of the promoting of this business venture, where she worked 18–20 hours weekly, and was the name, face and spokesperson’ of Hayle.

Green and Mason married in 2012, in the country town of Nyngan, during a Desert Duel charity car rally.

[34] Media Work Green first began her career at age 18, when she was scouted and signed by an Australian modelling agency.

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She continued her acting career and featured in 5 episodes of the Australian sitcom, Bobby Dazzler, in 1977, playing the role of Fiona Forbes-Martin.

[39] Concluding her acting career, she featured in an episode of the Australian reality TV show Beauty and the Geek, in 2009.

After her retirement from acting, Green did appear occasionally on television commercials, all within Australia, including advertisements for vitamins and an advertisement for land sale project[40] Charity work After moving to Cowra with her now-husband in 2002, Green became a Rural Fire Service first aid officer.

[41] Green also became an advocate for Wheelchair Sports NSW, in 2004, and used the ‘Desert Duels’, to raise awareness and funds to support this group.

[42] Following this, Green engaged with NSW “Fashions on the Field”, in 2005, selling entry tickets to raise money for the Rural Fire Aid.

[43] Belinda was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the NSW community.

[44][45] Belinda hosted a charity event, on Melbourne Cup day 2018, in order to raise money for Wheelchair Sports NSW.

[47] In 2012, she began studying veterinary nursing online at the Southern Cross Wildlife care centre, an animal hospital in Braidwood, to enable her gain the skills needed to assist at the clinic.

Green talks about a range of topics, however she focuses on addressing the stress, anxieties and pressures of contemporary life, specifically for women[49] Green has been a guest speaker on several occasions, including in 2006 at The Rotary Clubs conference, the Walbundrie Show Society, the Australian Alpaca Association Ltd, and the AMP Services Conference.

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