Manley was nominated for the New Zealand swimming team to go to the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver , but she did not compete because of her beauty pageant commitments . Also in 1954 , she won the pageant titles of Miss Swimming and Miss Auckland , and subsequently won the inaugural competition for Miss Universe New Zealand . She went on to represent New Zealand at the Miss Universe 1954 competition , where she fainted while posing under the hot sun
Miss Universe 1954
Miss Universe 1954
Moana Manley