Jude Dobson
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1966 or 1967 (age 58–59)
- TV presenter, producer and author
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| Born | Judith Mary Kirk 1966 or 1967 (age 58–59) Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Spouse | Graeme Dobson |
Judith Mary Dobson ONZM (née Kirk; born 1966 or 1967) is a New Zealand TV presenter, producer and author.[1] Dobson co-authored The Last Secret Agent: The untold story of my life as a spy behind Nazi enemy lines with Pippa Latour, who shares her story as a World War II spy.[2][3][4]
Dobson was born Judith Mary Kirk in Auckland in about 1966 and grew up in the suburb of Māngere Bridge.[1][5] She was educated at Epsom Girls' Grammar School, before training as a nurse and working at National Women's Hospital and Green Lane Hospital.[5][6] In 1987, she began part-time modelling, and made her first television appearance that year as a contestant on the show Face of the Eighties. The following year, she spent two months modelling in Japan, and worked as pharmaceutical sales representative on her return to New Zealand.[5] She competed in the 1988 Miss Universe New Zealand pageant, placing fourth, behind winner Lana Coc-Kroft, and that year was a model in the Benson and Hedges Fashion Awards and appeared on the children's programme Spot On in an item about a day in the life of a fashion model.[1][5]
