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Charlotte Dawson (8 April 1966 – 22 February 2014) was a New Zealand–Australian television personality. Her death by suicide attracted Australia-wide news coverage. She was known in New Zealand for her roles as host of ''Getaway'', and in Australia as a host on ''The Contender Australia'' and as a judge on ''Australia's Next Top Model''. ==Careers== Dawson grew up in Auckland, New Zealand, after being adopted at birth. She dropped out of high school at age 16 to model in Europe and with Ford Models in New York City. A decade later she relocated to Australia where she became a familiar face on the Australian fashion scene. In 1997, she became beauty and fashion director for ''Woman's Day'' and soon after became style editor for ''New Idea'' magazine.〔 In 2000, she was the face of the Peter Morrissey fashion label, presenting her own fashion segment weekly on ''Good Morning Australia'' for Network Ten,〔 and featuring in the fashion section of Sydney's Olympic Games opening ceremony. She was the fashion correspondent for Channel Ten's entertainment programme ''E! News'' and also a regular panelist on the network's hit daytime show ''Beauty and the Beast'', and guest on ''Burke's Backyard'' and Channel Nine's ''Simply The Best''. While working for Australian agencies Cameron's and Priscilla's as an agent, she decided to try her hand at TV. She became a researcher at Nine Network and worked on programs such as ''Money'' and ''Looking Good''. Shortly after she became fashion editor for the network's ''Today'' program, filing weekly reports on local and international fashion news and events within the industry. Magazines such as ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''She'', ''Dolly'', ''Cleo'' and ''Mode'' tracked Dawson's progress, featuring her in fashion spreads. She had many appearances as a "celebrity model" at fashion shows, regular appearances on ''The Footy Show'', a spot guest fashion commentator for ''Nine's Wide World of Sports'' and several hosting and MC jobs at media events. Dawson returned to Auckland in 2002 where she had presenting roles on TVNZ's chat show ''How's Life?'', and Prime's ''Getaway'' and ''Charlotte's Lists''. In 2008, she was a host on FOX8's ''Australia's Next Top Model'' for the Live Finale of the show, as a last minute replacement for regular host Jodhi Meares. In 2007, she settled out of court with the ''Woman's Day'' magazine, after she sued the magazine over its coverage of her divorce from former Olympic swimmer Scott Miller. She also hosted the Foxtel series ''Runway to L.A''. In 2012 she appeared as one of the 'celebrity' contestants, raising money for her chosen charity, on the second season of ''The Celebrity Apprentice Australia''. August 2012 saw a new period of media unrest for Dawson, following an interview with New Zealand's ''Herald on Sunday'' about her thoughts on her former home. "New Zealand is small, nasty and vindictive. It's a tiny, little village ... a tiny country at the end of the earth," she said'. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charlotte Dawson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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