Ria van Dyke (born 16 February 1989) is a New Zealand model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

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2010. Van Dyke represented

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at the

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, US, but unplaced.

Personal life

Van Dyke was born in Kawerau, in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. She graduated from the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

with a

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in 2010 and a BA(Hons) with first-class honours in sociology in 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Dyke, Ria 1989 births Living people University of Auckland alumni Miss Universe 2010 contestants Miss New Zealand winners People from Kawerau New Zealand women in business 21st-century New Zealand women