Contestants of a "battle of the babes" competition say they're looking forward to competing against a transgender teenager at the NZ final tonight.

Gwyneth Paltrow's website has crashed after she used it for a "super classy yard sale" of old clothes including items once owned by Miranda Kerr.

FHM has crowned it's sexiest woman for 2014, and there are no surprises in store over their pick for the top spot.

Filipino beauty Arielle Garciano is the newly-crowned Miss World New Zealand after wowing judges with her stunning looks and charitable work.

Gaudy brights, chill out. It’s all about restraint with this season’s colour blocking update.

A Kiwi teenager spotted on Instagram could soon be walking the catwalk with the likes of Karlie Kloss and Cara Delevingne after being signed by one of the world's largest modelling agencies.

In the magical world of beauty pageants, Collette Lochore is the fairy tale queen. But the infighting and recriminations behind the scenes of Miss Junior NZ are stranger than any fiction.

The wrong clothes can kill a career before it starts. But buying a work wardrobe can be costly, writes Diana Clements.

All the amazing looks Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, pulled off over the Royals' 10 day tour of New Zealand.

You might think you're too sexy for your beard, but a new study suggests it actually depends on how many others are sporting one around you.

Clad in the colours of Canterbury, the Duchess of Cambridge paid tribute to the people of Christchurch yesterday in a red and black ensemble by the Italian brand Luisa Spagnoli.

While Kiwi designer Emilia Wickstead jogged around Auckland's Viaduct, her most famous client was getting ready to board a flight to the city.

We asked two top NZ models to keep an iPhone-photo-fashion-week-diary to show us exactly what goes on over that busy period. Here are the results.

It finally happened: the Duchess of Cambridge wore a design by Emilia Wickstead, her New Zealand-born designer favourite.

Her dimpled smile, luxuriant locks and elegant outfits have drawn the widespread admiration of Kiwis this week.

Ella Verberne shares what it's like to be a model during fashion week.

Bella Smith shares what it's like to be a model during fashion week.

Pastels for autumn? Who would have thought? Sombre tones beware, it’s time to lighten up.

The best part about fashion week (for me, anyway) is that there's always something to see.

Black and silver fern motifs: you couldn't get more symbolic of New Zealand than that, with the Duchess of Cambridge opting for both at last night's state reception at Government House.

For the last three days I've been getting amongst it. Hovering around (and getting in the way of!) the pros. Here's what I saw.

It was her all-time favourite designer that the Duchess of Cambridge chose for a very special appearance in New Zealand today.

The kangaroo backpack he was given as a gift in Australia sold out within hours, so there's no doubt Prince George's latest outfit will fly off the shelves.

Duirng the lead up to summer, women are expected to wax, primp and polish their bodies to beach-ready perfection - a set of beauty standards that photographer Jessica Ledwidch finds 'absurd'.

A women's group has vowed to track down the origin of a diamond silver fern brooch gifted to the Queen in 1953 and worn by the Duchess of Cambridge this week.

Think of it as the Duchess of Cambridge's version of smart-casual: an open-knit dress to the knee.

Richard Wong She is a self-confessed fashion flop but that didn't stop him inviting 80 of his friends and colleagues to a private showing of the latest offerings by Dame Trelise Cooper.

Fashion blogger Katherine Lowe shares her picks from the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia.