Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Finch in April 2012
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Born |
Rachael Finch 8 April 1988 Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
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Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
Hair color | Medium brown |
Eye color | Brown |
Title(s) | Miss Universe Australia 2009 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss Universe Australia 2009 (Winner) Miss Universe 2009 (3rd Runner-Up) |
Spouse | Michael Miziner (m. 2013) |
Children | 2 |
Rachael Finch (born April 8, 1988) is an Australian TV host, dancer, 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.
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. Rachael’s modeling career kick-started in 2004 when she won the Queensland Model of the Year title; but school remained her priority. 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. On 14 November 2009; Finch along with a host of other celebrities took part in the "McHappy Day" fund raising activities. She continues to use her growing celebrity status to contribute to charitable causes after appearing in Australian luxury lifestyle magazine, Box Magazine, in 2010 to raise money for children's charity ToyBox International.
Finch married her former Dancing with the Stars partner Michael Miziner. Finch gave birth to her daughter, Violet Rachael Miziner, in September 2013.She gave birth to her second child, Dominic Michael Miziner in March, 2017.
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.