Rachael Finch (born 8 July 1988) is an

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TV host, 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

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Career

Modelling

Finch's modelling career kick-started in 2004 when she won the Queensland Model of the Year title. In 2006, she was first seen by international agents Ford, Click, Elite, and IMG at a ProScout event held in Brisbane. Finch was crowned

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on 22 April 2009 and subsequently represented

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at the

pageant held in

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on 23 August 2009. She was roommates with Miss USA, Kristen Dalton, during the Miss Universe campaign.

Television

Finch was one of the contestants on the first season of ''

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'' in 2009. She progressed to the semi-finals, where she and '' Biggest Loser'' trainer

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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 ''

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''. She was eliminated on 1 August 2010. After ''Dancing with the Stars'', Finch was a daily weather presenter on Channel 7's morning breakfast show ''

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''. She also worked for the

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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. Her work for Seven Sport saw her cover events such as the

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, and the

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''Dancing with the Stars'' performances

In late 2010, Rachael Finch joined the cast of the tenth season of ''

''. Finch's partner was Michael Miziner, the partner to the original winner of ''Dancing with the Stars'',

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. Despite receiving some negative comments from judge

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over lack of content with their choreography, Finch and Miziner had been named the ''dark horse'' couple by the judges. Despite maintaining high scores, Finch and Miziner were the fifth couple eliminated on 1 August 2010.

Personal life

Finch is half-

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through her father and half- Ukrainian through her mother. Finch married her former ''

'' partner Michael Miziner on 3 January 2013. 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. She and her husband launched a natural cosmetics and consumable products company, Kissed Earth, in 2019. Finch has contributed to charitable causes after appearing in Australian luxury lifestyle magazine, ''Box Magazine'', in 2010 to raise money for children's charity ToyBox International. In 2022, Finch revealed that she suffered an

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during her time as a model, and had removed her

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s (which she had since she was 17) after one had ruptured.

References

External links

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Official WebsiteOfficial BlogMiss Australia Universe 2009 Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Finch, Rachel Miss Universe 2009 contestants 1988 births Living people Australian people of Ukrainian descent Australian beauty pageant winners Participants in Australian reality television series Miss Universe Australia winners People from Townsville