Amber Peebles

Amber Jean Peebles (born June 10, 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand television presenter and a former Miss World New Zealand.

Peebles grew up in Karaka and resided there when she was crowned Miss World New Zealand 2003. Due to an issue with the Miss World licence-holders in New Zealand, Peebles was not permitted to represent her country that year at the finals. Instead, she was sent to Miss International 2003 in Japan.

With the licence shifting to former Miss New Zealand, Marina McCartney, the following year, Peebles was asked to represent her country at Miss World in Sanya, China, in 2004, meaning that she was the official Miss World New Zealand for two years.

Peebles has managed to use her beauty-queen status to springboard a career in broadcasting, initially with radio station, the Edge, and as a correspondent for TV3 during its Melbourne Cup coverage. She has also worked in print journalism for the now-defunct "Max" magazine in New Zealand, and for "Lucire". She has also dabbled in fashion design.ref|ref-rec1

She guest-starred on "Mike King" in 2004 alongside Lance Henriksen and was a regular on TV3's "Sing Like a Superstar" in 2005.

In 2006, Peebles became host of "Full Tank" on Sky TV New Zealand's MTV New Zealand channel.

Personal life

Peebles is engaged to fellow television presenter Brooke Howard-Smith, whom she began dating in 2004. They both live in Auckland, New Zealand.

References

# 'In a New York State of Mind', "Lucire", vol. 2, no. 8 (20), October 2006, pp. 110–5.

External links

* [http://www.lucire.com/2003/1208ll0.shtml 2003 interview]
* [http://www.lucire.com/2006/1025ll0.shtml Excerpt of 2006 interview]