Portrait – Moomba Queen – Kim Formosa 1981

VAN DER TOORREN, Bob

Registration number

1284038

Artist/maker

VAN DER TOORREN, Bob

Title

Portrait – Moomba Queen – Kim Formosa

Production date

1981

Medium

photographic paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

56 x 43.5 cm (framed)

Credit line

By courtesy of Bob VAN DER TOORREN Hon. L.M. A.I.P.P. A.R.M.I.T. of Block Arcade Studios
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Moomba, Queen, Portrait, Kim Formosa, 1981

Summary

Framed colour portrait of 1981 Moomba Queen, Kim Formosa. Formosa, born in 1960, was a 21-year-old receptionist when she became Moomba Queen. She apparently won $2000 and a 2-week holiday on the west coast of the US. According to the 'Gazette', soon after winning she became a model and appeared on television and in a movie.