Australia and New Zealand in the 18th and 19th centuries were settled by European colonists, many of whom did not come to the Southern Hemisphere of their own free will, but then settled down quite well. The peculiarities of the country made local women not only attractive, but also independent. "Lenta.ru" continues a series of publications about the most powerful, beautiful and famous women around the world, where it has already been told about famous Indian women, African women, Israeli women, Japanese women and French women.
Nicole Kidman
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Perhaps the most widely known Australian outside of Australia, Nicole Kidman, was born in the United States: her father, a cancer research specialist, was then working there. The family - Kidman's parents, herself and her younger sister - returned to their homeland a few years after Nicole was born. Having received American citizenship by place of birth (in the USA there is a "soil right"), she grew up as an Australian, studied in a Sydney high school, until her mother fell ill with cancer (a sad irony of fate). Nicole left school and was engaged in family life, helping her sister.
As a result, despite her paternal scientific degrees, Kidman herself did not receive an academic education. She was fascinated by the theater: she both played and studied acting at the same time on the stage, first at the Australian Youth Theater, then at the Philip Street Theater. Tall, slender, with a mane of thick blond hair and blue eyes, the girl was just a beauty, but already her first directors drew attention to the talent of the self-taught actress. Nicole began acting in television series, and then in films at the age of 15, and from that moment on her career went only uphill.
In 1989, after the main role in the mini-television series "Bangkok Hilton", the actress, who was a little over twenty years old, was recognized by the whole world: the picture was shown even on Soviet television. After that, Kidman not only gained fame, but also arranged her personal life: on the set of the next film, "Days of Thunder", the rising star met the already popular actor Tom Cruise. The romance spun quickly, Cruz divorced his wife and married Nicole. Their marriage, in which they adopted two children, lasted for about ten years. Later, the actress remarried - to her compatriot, singer Keith Urban - and already acquired her own children: daughters Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret.
One of Kidman's undisputed talents is the ability to transform amazingly, including through clothes. It is clear that clothes, shoes and accessories for actors are selected by costume designers and dressers, but the ability to "fit" not only into the image of their heroine, but also into the smallest details of her appearance is a special gift.
Nicole Kidman looked completely organically in a fuchsia-pink tight-fitting suit of a weather forecast announcer ("To Die For"), and in a wide jacket in the fashion of the 1980s, and in the ascetic attire of the great writer Virginia Woolf (for this role in the film "Watch" Kidman won an Oscar) in seductive black disability (Eyes Wide Shut - this extremely erotic film became the swan song of the marriage and creative union of Kidman and Cruise), and in countless haute couture works on the red carpet of awards and festivals.
Nicole has always been dressed on the red carpet by the best designers and fashion houses in the world: she emphasized her impeccable figure both in her youth and in her mature years with pink Chanel ruffles and a nude low-cut Yves Saint Laurent case (in which she received an Oscar), blue satin an Armani dress with a huge bow in front and a blue-gray satin with chiffon frills - also from Chanel. And the hand-embroidered lime-toned satin Dior Couture dress, which she wore at the 1997 Oscars, is consistently featured in rankings like the Top 10 Red Carpet Dresses of All Time.
Celebrating half a century, Nicole Kidman is still in demand both in the cinema and in the luxury industry: for example, one of the most famous Swiss watchmakers, Omega, made the actress the brand's ambassador.
Kylie Minogue
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Perhaps the most famous of the Australian pop singers of the end of the last century, Kylie Ann Minogue is a year younger than Nicole Kidman, and fame came to them almost simultaneously: her composition Especially For You, recorded in a duet with her boyfriend Jason Donovan, occupied the top of the British charts in the same 1989, which saw the release of the Bangkok Hilton with Kidman. Minogue's career also began with television series: after several unsuccessful roles in teenage serials, Kylie gained fame by starring in the TV series Neighbors (by the way, there she met Donovan).
In the 1980s, Kylie wore what was considered terribly fashionable in those days, and nowadays is considered, in fact, normcore: white T-shirts and shirts, blue high-waisted jeans, sneakers. Her hair, as it was again then fashionable, she highlighted and made a permanent. Later, her wardrobe underwent as drastic changes as her repertoire: she began to wear ultramini shorts, barely covering the tops of the thighs, bras and dresses with a slit, or even appeared naked in front of the audience - as in the short film Misfits 1995 (the film was released in 1996).
In general, Kylie actively combined her cinematic and musical career, films with her participation appeared at international film festivals. In the same 1995, Minogue's fame became truly worldwide after the release of the song Where The Wild Roses Grow, which she recorded together with the underground artist Nick Cave, and an extremely impressive video for this song.
In the mid-2000s, the performer was diagnosed with breast cancer, and fans closely watched her struggle with the disease. Fortunately, she managed to cope with the disease, and she soon returned to concert activities. Her health problems did not affect her physical form: she remained slim and still appeared on stage in tight dresses and open tops. In the 2000s, Kylie was a regular at fashion weeks - in particular, she favored the fashion house Dolce & Gabbana, whose clothes she wore to parties, where she was photographed by the paparazzi, and in private life.
In recent years, Minogue's career has not developed as rapidly as in the past decade, but she continues to record songs. In 2017, the singer signed a contract with BMG Rights Management. In total, she has a dozen albums on her account.
Jacinda Ardern
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When, in 1980, a daughter was born to the family of police officer Ardern from the New Zealand city of Hamilton, who was named the magnificent name of Jacinda Keith Laurell, no one suspected that she was destined to become the youngest head of government in history: Ardern took this post at the age of only 37. … She just started her political career very early. The girl was involved in politics by her Labor aunt. Jacinda joined the "capitalist Komsomol" - the International Union of Socialist Youth - and at the age of 28 she became its president.
In New Zealand, feminist positions and ideas of equality have traditionally been strong: before Jacinda Ardern, her post was held by two more women - Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark. Both of these ladies in appearance and style fully correspond to the traditional idea of a woman-politician: mature years, emphasized conservative clothing, hairstyle and jewelry. Jacinda differs from her predecessors not only in her youth, but also in her much more free style in dress and behavior.
Slim and slender, Ardern emphasizes the dignity of her figure with waist skirts and modest but tight-fitting tops: for example, in the fall of 2018, the Prime Minister met the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (British Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle) in a trendy white top and a long pleated green a skirt, to cabinet meetings can wear a bright dress (slightly balancing it with a gray jacket), and at meetings with voters in the hot winter months, appear in a light dress above the knees and without sleeves.
In 2018, the Prime Minister of New Zealand gave birth to a daughter - which is typical of a progressive feminist, out of wedlock. Shortly before giving birth, Jacinda Ardern visited the UK, where she attended an official reception at Buckingham Palace. She chose a floor-length evening dress prescribed by etiquette, and its fitted style emphasized the pregnancy of the politician, whom she, of course, was not at all shy about.
However, for all her pretty youth, Jacinda Ardern was able to adequately respond to the challenge of circumstances in an emergency situation: when a nationalist terrorist opened fire at two mosques in the city of Christchurch at praying Muslims, Ardern promised the population to take measures to prevent such situations, including in terms of regulations regulating the storage of weapons.
Miranda Kerr
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The most famous Australian model, Miranda Mae Kerr was born in Sydney in 1983 and grew up in the province - in a small town in New South Wales. Her modeling career began with winning the Australian Nation-Wide Model Search competition in the late 1990s. Some similarities with the most popular British supermodel of the time, Kate Moss, are said to have contributed to her success.
Model star Miranda Kerr rose very quickly. In 2004, she signed a contract with the famous modeling agency Next, thanks to which she appeared on the pages of the most famous fashion magazines in the world, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Instyle, as well as in advertising shootings of fashion brands and cosmetics manufacturers: Roberto Cavalli, Levi's, Blumarine, Maybelline and others. However, the real worldwide success came to Miranda after she was invited to become the "angel" of the Victoria's Secret lingerie brand. In the unofficial ranking of fashion models, this role brings you closer to the status of a supermodel. Miranda became the first Australian Victoria's Secret Angel. Her contract with the brand lasted until 2013.
The peak of Miranda's secular popularity came in the same years as the "angel": in 2010 she married the actor Orlando Bloom, the star of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. The model and the actor broke up in 2013, they have a common child - the son of Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland. During her marriage to Bloom and after her divorce, Kerr often appeared on the red carpet of film festivals, showing evening dresses from Miu Miu, Pucci and other famous brands on her flawless figure.
Mindful of her catwalk past, 35-year-old Miranda keeps her shape and does not hesitate to demonstrate a deep neckline or bare back, which are still flawless, despite the fact that the ex-"angel" has already given birth to her second child - the son of Hart. He appeared in the model's second marriage to IT billionaire SnapChat creator Evan Spiegel. In her free time from family affairs and social events, Miranda releases clothing collections.
Julia Gillard
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The future Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, like the movie star Nicole Kidman, was not born in Australia: she was born into a miner's family in British Wales in 1960. About her early years, you can say in the words of an old saying: "There would be no happiness, but misfortune helped." The girl was sickly, and in order to preserve her health, Julia's parents moved to Australia, where she got stronger, graduated from high school, studied law at the Universities of Adelaide and Melbourne.
Gillard's functionary and political career began early: while still studying, she headed the Australian Students Union. After university, she worked as a partner in a law firm, and in 1998, when she was under forty, she became a member of the Australian Parliament from the Labor Party. The party was in opposition for a long time, but in 2007 it won the parliamentary elections, and Gillard, one of its leaders, became Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Kevin Rudd. Three years later, the politician changed her patron in this post and became the first ever female Prime Minister of Australia.
Julia Gillard led the country for three years - until 2013. At this time, she had to observe a rather strict dress code: she appeared at events in a formal suit with a skirt that covered the knees and a long jacket. It was in such an ensemble that she, in particular, met British Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal family who arrived in Australia on a state visit.
After the end of her political career, Gillard also changed her wardrobe. The politician has rather full hips and legs, so trousers suit her much more than skirts. Having become a public figure from prime minister and head of the Institute for Women's Leadership at King's College London, she prefers this particular type of clothing. For public appearances and shooting on television, Julia Gillard almost always wears trousers and tops or trouser suits, and in rather bright colors. So, for an event organized by Glamor magazine in New York, she chose a fuchsia-colored suit, and for a meeting with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - a striped top and bright blue trousers. At the same time, Gillard is invariably true to her hairstyle: she wears a long bob in a reddish-brown color.
