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's music video for his single We Only Live Once

Pageantry

Miss Universe Australia 2012

Ayris won the Miss Universe Australia competition on 9 June 2012 in a ceremony held at Melbourne's

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Hotel, outdoing 35 other delegates from across the country. This confirmed her place in the Miss Universe pageant. As

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, Ayris got the opportunity to travel around her country working for charities, events, and photoshoots, and most recently worked in China with Operation Smile Australia, is a

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medical service organization which provides

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repair surgeries to children.

Miss Universe 2012

Ayris represented Australia at

on 19 December 2012 in

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. She finished fourth overall (3rd Runner-Up), ahead of Gabriela Markus (Brazil) and behind

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(Venezuela),

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(Philippines) and eventual winner

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(USA) (her roommate).

Appearances in reality shows

Ayris was a contestant in the Australian reality television series, 'Celebrity Splash!'. In 2016, Ayris was cast in the second season of SBS TV series '' First Contact''.

References

External links

Renae Ayris official websiteRenae Ayris on TwitterMiss Universe Australia Official websiteRenae Ayris Modelling website
Living people Miss Universe 2012 contestants Australian beauty pageant winners 1990 births Models from Perth, Western Australia Miss Universe Australia winners {{Pageant-bio-stub