First female becomes new Milkybar kid

Hinetaapora Short. Photo / Supplied

Milkybar has a new face - and for the first time it's a female one.

Rotorua girl Hinetaapora Short will be the newest face on the new advertisement for the white chocolate bar.

Eight-year-old Hinetaapora said she wanted to be the Milkybar kid because "it sounds fun and I want to be famous".

- NZPA