Kiwi diamond buyer Ange Hardy went up against the big boys to secure the rare 22-carat white diamond which Hollywood celebrity Kim Kardashian will brandish on her finger on Tuesday.

Model wannabes who have so far missed out on becoming New Zealand's Next Top Model might land themselves a third chance to impress the judges.

Krista White spent eight years auditioning a dozen times before making it on to America's Next Top Model.

The latest winner of America's Next Top Modelwas expected to arrive today as a VIP guest for NZ Fashion Week.

... And so to the second big televised event of the week, the arrival of The X Factor on our TV screens.

Hunting for Australia's next big thing.

Digitally altered photos of NZ's Next Top Model entrants have been slammed as an "appalling" attempt to make the models appear thinner than they are.

Kim Kardashian would definitely date Justin Bieber "if he was of legal age", adding he "definitely has this swag to him".

Masterchef runner-up Kelly Young has resigned from Euro to pursue a "much more appealing" venture to become a celebrity chef.

Brett McGregor has finally given in to the urge to pursue a full-time career in food and resigned from his teaching position.

A New Zealand's Next Top Model contestant who was badly injured in a crash last month still hopes to pursue a career in modelling, her family said last night.

High-pitched screams: the second series of New Zealand's Next Top Model was - as to be expected - full of them.

Pam Corkery's brothel-for-women idea generated some fierce debate. Here's what our readers had to say.

An escort who has provided sexual services to NZ women for 14 years is not worried about competition from Pam Corkery's planned brothel for females.

Former politician and broadcaster Pam Corkery has been linked to plans for NZ's first brothel for women.

Competition is under way for the new flock of contestants vying for the title of this year's Next Top Model. Jacqueline Smith goes behind the scenes.

The winner of last year's competition has managed to launch her career while completing her schooling.

Television's Charlotte Dawson has been looking for love online, using a fake name.

At least four of the New Zealand's Next Top Model top 13 finalists are already signed with an agency.

A quick word with the food critic, writer and permanently cravat-ed verbose judge on MasterChef Australia.

They're down to the final 13 in the search for New Zealand's Next Top Model.

The leggy Australian is drawing on her three-decade career as a supermodel to relaunch her television career.

One of the world's biggest TV talent quests is coming here, giving Kiwis the chance to prove they have what it takes to be a superstar.