QUEEN OF THE SEAS

South African model and actress Justine Gundelfinger was recently crowned International Beauty Queen of the Seas in Peru. The New York based daughter of South African high profile divorce lawyer, Billy Gundelfinger, is currently filming with Michael Douglas for the movie Solitary Man. Last year she represented the USA at the Exquisite Face of the Universe pageant in Ghana. For Queen of the Seas she represented South Africa. The pageant is in aid of children with Down’s Syndrome. Justine has been involved with a New York programme called iVolunteer that matches young volunteers with some of Manhattan’s Holocaust survivors to alleviate their loneliness. Through iVolunteer Justine has befriended eight Holocaust survivors in New York. Her paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Justine was born in Johannesburg and attended King David High School. She moved to the USA five years ago to pursue a career in modelling and acting. She was a 2007 SA Sports Illustrated swimwear model.