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Pheonix Queen

✨ Our First International Win! ✨
Absolutely honoured and proud to announce that my Aotearoa National Costume has won Best National Costume at the Face of Beauty International Pageant worn with grace and mana by our New Zealand Face of beauty Queen,  . 👑🇳🇿

This design was created using recycled materials, inspired by the colours and textures of Papatuānuku — our whenua, our greens, our earthy browns, our natural essence. A celebration of Māori artistry, sustainability, and storytelling.

To see my vision of Aotearoa come alive on an international stage in China placing 1st is a dream come true… I am beyond grateful.
He taonga nō te whenua, he taonga nō tātou. 🌿

Thank you Mercedes for carrying this kaupapa with such elegance and pride.
This is just the beginning. 🌏✨

Ngā mihi nui — Aotearoa, we did it! 💚🤎

Phoenix- AHI BABE COLLECTION 2025

She is the fire, the ashes, and the rebirth. Phoenix rises where others fall, her garment shimmering with crimson, amber, and molten gold — colours of both destruction and renewal. Layers of silk and chiffon move like flames, while metallic threads glimmer like sparks caught between life and death. She represents every fall turned into flight, every scar reimagined as strength. The Phoenix is not afraid of burning, for she knows that within the ashes lies her power. She is eternal resilience, the embodiment of transformation, a radiant symbol that no matter how many times she is broken, she will always rise higher, fiercer, and more unstoppable than before.