Birth name Jennifer Hawkins
Birth date December 22, 1983
Birth place Holmesville, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Model
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue
Title(s) Miss Australia 2004
Miss Universe 2004
Biography
Jennifer Hawkins is an Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer.
Hawkins was born in Holmesville, New South Wales, and currently resides in Sydney. She attended West Wallsend High School in West Wallsend, New South Wales. She is one of four children, and her parents are of Australian heritage. Hawkins was a former cheerleader for the Newcastle Knights rugby league team, and the Hunter Pirates basketball team and also worked as a model. It was as a model that she was cast as Miss Australia for the Miss Universe competition. Hawkins also worked as a choreographer for a dance team that toured Australia specialising in Hip-Hop and Ballet.
After dropping out of high school Hawkins went on to be a model. Before participating in Miss Universe 2004 Hawkins sought advice from the previous Miss Australia, Ashlea Talbot, who represented Australia in the 2003 competition, and learned basic Spanish prior to travelling to Ecuador.
The Miss Universe pageant was held in Quito, Ecuador on 1 June 2004. A week prior to the event, Hawkins was ranked sixth favourite to win the crown. During the final competition, Hawkins became the first Australian to make the semi-finals since Voni Delfos in 1993. Hawkins advanced to the top five, and eventually won the Miss Universe title.
2005 Lux
2006 Lovable Australia lingerie as its Australian "face".
2006 An ambassador for Grand Waterfront
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