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Kirsty Lay, New Zealand Model and Face of the Eighties Winner, Dies at 64
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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Oct. 2 — Kirsty Lay, a New Zealand model who won the Revlon Face of the Eighties competition and went on to work in New York, died Monday, Sept. 28, at 64. Her family announced her death in a notice published by The Press in Christchurch. The notice did not state where she died or give a cause.
Lay's career took her from a televised modeling contest to Ford Models in New York. Back in New Zealand, she later helped run Exposure Model Agency, making her a familiar name in fashion well beyond her own time in front of the camera.
Key Details and Background
Winning Revlon Face of the Eighties opened international doors for Lay. She spent much of the decade modeling in New York under Ford Models, then returned to New Zealand and became an owner of Exposure Model Agency.
Lay, also known as Kirsty Smith, later worked in business outside fashion. She co-owned a Queenstown skydiving group that was sold in 2016. In a later documentary interview about her modeling years, she recalled being both excited and frightened by the opportunities that followed her contest win.
Reactions and Public Impact
The family notice remembered Lay as the mother of Holly and Max and named her partner, Wayne, along with her father and siblings. Friends responding online described her warmth and kindness; one remembered her “movie star smile.”
For people who followed New Zealand fashion in the 1980s, Lay's name was tied to a moment when a local modeling competition could launch a career overseas. Tributes have centered on the person behind that public image as her family prepares a service in her memory.
Current Status: What Happens Next
The family's notice says details of a service celebrating Lay's life will follow. No date or venue had been announced as of Oct. 2.
No cause of death has been made public, and no official investigation has been announced. Further details should come from the family or the funeral home, not online speculation.
