Born Jennifer Hawkins
22 December 1983 (1983-12-22) (age 27)
Holmesville, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Blue
Title(s) Miss Australia 2004, Miss Universe 2004
Major
competition(s) Miss Universe 2004 (winner)
Jennifer Hawkins (born 22 December 1983)[1] is an Australian beauty queen, model and television presenter best known as Miss Universe 2004 and the face of Australian department store Myer.
Early life and familyHawkins was born in Holmesville, New South Wales, Australia and currently resides in Sydney. She attended West Wallsend High School. She is one of four children, and her parents are of Australian heritage. Hawkins was a former cheerleader for the Newcastle Knights rugby league team, and the Hunter Pirates basketball team and also worked as a model. It was as a model that she was cast as Miss Australia for the Miss Universe competition. Hawkins also worked as a choreographer for a dance team that toured Australia specialising in Hip-Hop and Ballet.