Miss Summer Parade waiting for “right venue”

Fans of the annual Miss Summer Parade will have to wait another 12 months to attend the popular event, with the three-week modelling contest not returning in 2017.

But organiser, CM Model Management Tamara Dimov, has promised it will be worth the wait, with a “bigger and better” event planned for next year.

The annual modelling contest ran for more than a decade, before the closure of the Parade Hotel in April 2015, which has since re-opened, and a lack of venue forced its cancellation last year.

Ms Dimov said there was no contest this year due to the lack of a venue.

“When I re-launch it, it is going to be different than in previous years,” she said.

“It is going to have a whole different feel.”

Ms Dimov said she was disappointed in not being able to run the contest this year.

“But I would rather put in the time and effort into making it better,” she said.

“A lot of people wanted it back this year, but there was just not a suitable venue.”

Ms Dimov said fashion lovers would not have to wait long to get their fix, with some exciting contests set for March at the Bunbury Turf Club.