Talia Bennett

{{Short description|New Zealand beauty pageant contestant}}

{{BLP sources|date=February 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Talia Bennett

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|23|2012|08|4}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11070911|title=Te Arawa beauty named Miss Universe NZ|first=Matthew|last=Martin|newspaper=Rotorua Daily Post|date=4 August 2012}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height = {{height|m=1.73}}

| hair_color = Black

| eye_color =

| title = Miss New Zealand 2012
(1st runner-up)

| competitions = Miss New Zealand 2011
(1st runner-up)
Miss New Zealand 2012
(1st runner-up)
Miss Universe 2012
(Unplaced)

}}

Talia Bennett is a New Zealand television host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was 1st runner-up at Miss New Zealand 2012. The winner of Miss New Zealand 2012 was Avianca Böhm. She was subsequently stripped of her crown and replaced by Bennett.{{cite news|title=Miss Universe NZ stripped of crown|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7385431/Miss-Universe-NZ-stripped-of-crown|accessdate=6 February 2016|work=Stuff.co.nz|date=31 July 2012}}

Early life

Bennett is a commercial property valuer whose personal interests include yoga, health, nutrition, fashion and tennis.{{cite web |title=2012 Contestants: Miss North Harbour |url=http://www.missuniversenz.co.nz/2012-contestants.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722162405/http://www.missuniversenz.co.nz/2012-contestants.html |website=missuniversenz.co.nz |publisher=Miss Universe New Zealand |archive-date=July 22, 2012}}

Miss New Zealand 2011

Bennett was first runner-up.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} Priyani Puketapu won the Miss New Zealand title.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}

Miss New Zealand 2012

Bennett was first runner-up for a second time.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} On 31 July 2012, Böhm was stripped of her crown, which was then awarded to Bennett.

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