Rachel Hunter 'ecstatic' to be heading to US TV

Rachel Hunter's show Tour of Beauty has been picked up by a US network

Rachel Hunter's TV One show Tour of Beauty is set to screen on US television next year.

Tour of Beauty, which is currently screening on TV One, will air in the States in January 2016 on Ovation TV, which broadcasts to more than 50 million subscribers.

Kiwi production company Imagination Television produced the 30-minute docuseries, which follows Hunter as she discovers how different cultures embrace, celebrate and define beauty.

Hunter says she is "ecstatic" to be on the network and to share everything she learnt during her travels.

Rachel's Tour of Beauty saw the model travel the world

Destinations include places in France, Korea, Greece, Dubai, Australia, China, India, Morocco, Fiji, Japan, Brazil, Mexico and the U.S.

"This series is a tour de force that brings together the best elements of cultural tourism with an insightful investigation of the standards of beauty and the quest to achieve a complete sense of well-being"," said Ovation spokeswoman Lori Hall.

Rachel Hunter in Rachel's Tour of Beauty

"Rachel's approachable style and inquisitiveness make her the perfect host to bring viewers along for an educational and entertaining journey."

Executive producer Bettina Hollings says the Kiwi production house is "enormously proud" of the series, which has also been sold throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and Brazil.

- nzherald.co.nz