Sara Tetro, JP, is a former New Zealand

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, and

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. She owns the model casting agency 62 Models Management, and is the host of the TV3 NZ

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''.

Early life

Tetro's father was a well-known Jewish general practitioner, Gabriel Tetro, and her mother Sally was a full-time caregiver for her family. She attended

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before entering the modelling industry, following encouragement from her father.

Career

Modelling

Tetro is a former model who worked for local agent Maysie Bestall-Cohen. After five years of modelling, she became a casting agent and started her own modelling company "62 Models" in 1994. She then bought the casting agency "The People Shop", with clients including

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, Marc Ellis,

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, and

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. She manages a staff of six. Television producer Julie Christie then cast Tetro to appear on the reality series ''

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'', where she stranded fellow contestants Peggy Bourne and

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. She negotiated the contract for

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as a model for Jockey Underwear, and supplies every model for

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advertisements.

Television

In late 2008, TV3 NZ announced ''New Zealand's Next Top Model'', a spinoff of the successful U.S. series ''

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''. Tetro was cast as the main judge and host on the show alongside Colin Mathura-Jeffree and Chris Sisarich. She also features as a guest judge on ''America's Next Top Model'', Cycle 14.

Personal life

Tetro was married to former All Black

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, and has two daughters. The couple separated in 2012. She became a

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in 2016. In 2018 she married

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. In 2018 Tetro was flown to Antarctica by

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as a consultant, which caused comment as her husband was on the Board of Directors for Antarctica New Zealand.

References

External links

62 Models
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