Charlotte Dawson

Charlotte Dawson (8 April 1966 – 22 February 2014) was a New Zealand-Australian television presenter, model and activist. She was best known as a host on The Contender Australia and as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model.^[1]

Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson on 20 February 2013.
Born	(1966-04-08)8 April 1966 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	22 February 2014(2014-02-22) (aged 47) Woolloomooloo, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of death	Suicide by hanging
Occupation(s)	Television presenter, model, activist
Years active	1982–2014
Spouse	Scott Miller ​ (m. 1999⁠–⁠2000)​

She was born in Auckland, New Zealand. At age sixteen, she worked as a model in Europe and with Ford Models, New York in the United States. In 1999, she married Olympic swimmer Scott Miller. The couple divorced in 2000.^[2]

Dawson committed suicide by hanging^[3] on the morning of 22 February 2014 at her home in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales. She was 47 years old. Police said they were called to the home at 11:18 a.m. and that there were no suspicious circumstances to the death. She had a long history of depression. She tried to commit suicide in August 2012, after a much publicised battle with Twitter trolls.^[1][2]

Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key said he was "shocked" and "saddened" by her death.^[4]