Tania Verstak

Tania Verstak (born 20 November 1940) is an Australian model and beauty queen who won Miss International 1962.

[1][2] Even before going on to compete in Miss International, Verstak's victory in the national pageant was already seen as a small but significant shift in the traditional articulation of the Australian feminine ideal, attributed to the infusion of European values to the Anglo-Australian fabric, at a time when beauty pageants were the craze in Australia.

[3] Verstak went on to win the Miss International title in Long Beach, California.

Verstak's first relationship was with former Channel 7 rugby league commentator, 'sideline eye' Barry Ross.

After an acrimonious split, Verstak later married a Perth businessman, Peter Young.

Yellow dress worn by Verstak as Australia's "national costume" at the Miss International 1962 pageant, now held by the National Museum of Australia