Rachael Finch
Rachael Finch (born 8 July 1988) is an Australian TV host, model, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was awarded the 'People's Choice Award' for the 2006 Miss Teen Australia and finished as 3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 2009.
Rachael Finch | |
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 Finch in April 2012 | |
| Born | Rachael Finch 8 July 1988 |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Title | Miss Universe Australia 2009 |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Miziner (m. 2013) |
| Children | 2 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Hair color | Medium brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Universe Australia 2009 (Winner) Miss Universe 2009 (3rd Runner-Up) |
Since 2011, Finch has worked for Seven Sport as a roving reporter at events such as the Australian Open, Melbourne Cup and Olympics.
Biography
Finch was crowned Miss Universe Australia on 22 April 2009 and subsequently represented Australia at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant held in the Bahamas on 23 August 2009. She was roommates with Miss USA, Kristen Dalton, during the Miss Universe campaign. Finch's modeling career kick-started in 2004 when she won the Queensland Model of the Year title. In 2006, she was first seen by international agents Ford, Click, Elite, and IMG at a ProScout event held in Brisbane.
She is half-Australian through her father and half-Ukrainian through her mother.[1] Finch has contributed to charitable causes after appearing in Australian luxury lifestyle magazine, Box Magazine, in 2010 to raise money for children's charity ToyBox International.[2]
Finch married her former Dancing with the Stars partner Michael Miziner on 3 January 2013.[3] Finch gave birth to her daughter, Violet Rachael Miziner, in September 2013.[4] She gave birth to her second child, Dominic Michael Miziner in March 2017.
Television
Finch works for the Seven Network as a reporter for several of its programs across current affairs and sports telecasts as well as making contestant appearances on Seven Network's in-house celebrity competition programs. Finch was one of the contestants in Celebrity MasterChef Australia in 2009. She progressed to the semi-finals, where she and Biggest Loser trainer Michelle Bridges made it through to the next stage. She reached the grand-finals in which she came third overall. Finch also appeared in the 2010 series of Dancing with the Stars. She was eliminated on 1 August 2010.
Dancing with the Stars performances
In late 2010, Rachael Finch joined the cast of the tenth season of Dancing with the Stars. Finch's partner is Michael Miziner, the partner to the original winner of Dancing with the Stars, Bec Cartwright. Despite receiving some negative comments from judge Todd McKenney over lack of content with their choreography, Finch and Miziner had been named the dark horse couple by the judges. Despite maintaining high scores, Finch and Miziner were the fifth couple eliminated on 1 August 2010.
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Total Score | Result | ||
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| Todd | Helen | Mark | ||||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha / "Telephone" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | Safe |
| 2 | Tango / "Objection (Tango)" | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | Safe |
| 3 | Paso Doble / "Would I Lie To You?" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | Safe |
| 4 | Quickstep / "Valerie" | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba / "Hey Baby" | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | Safe |
| 6 | Aussie Smooth / "Bad Day" | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | Eliminated |
2010-present: After Dancing with the Stars
Finch now does a daily weather report on Channel 7's morning breakfast show Sunrise.
References
- Katherine Field (29 October 2009). "Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch into Celebrity MasterChef semi-finals". dailytelegraph.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012.
- "Rachael Finch Strips for Box Magazine (NSFW)". Pedestrian TV. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- Casamento, Jo. "Rachael Finch and Michael Miziner Married". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- "Rachael Finch and Michael Miziner share photo of baby girl". News.com.au. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
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Preceded by |
Miss Universe 3rd Runner-Up 2009 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by |
Miss Universe Australia 2009 |
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