Three years ago, Arielle was kicked out of home. Her mum hasn’t seen her since. But she intends to conquer the beauty pageant world and make it impossible to not see her face.

Follow Arielle as she competes in Miss New Zealand as our country’s first transgender beauty pageant queen.

Watch the premiere of our short documentary ‘Miss Arielle’ at our screening event!

There’ll also be a live performance by the alt-pop artist Theia.

If you can’t make it to the screening, the doco launches online at www.renews.co.nz on Thursday March 4.

DATE: Wednesday 3 March

TIME: Doors open 6.30PM. Screening starts 7PM.

WHERE: Whammy Backroom

COST: Free, but you need to register for a ticket for contact tracing.

Due to the venue, this event is R18+.