'Maori-white girl': Bikini-clad AFL WAG Rebecca Judd shocks fans as she reveals her little-known New Zealand indigenous ethnicity
Rebecca Judd has shocked fans by revealing her little-known ethnicity.
On Monday, the wife of retired AFL legend Chris Judd, 42, took to Instagram Stories to share a video of herself flaunting her signature bikini body at the couple's weekender on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
Judd donned the crocheted bikini from Australian swimwear brand It's Now Cool's new collection while proudly strutting around her outdoor spa.
However, it was the mother of four revealing her ethnicity in the caption which really turned fans' heads.
"Winter fit check with @itsnowcool. This little Maori-white girl needs a tan. See you soon, Broome," she wrote.
Judd seldom mentions her New Zealand heritage from her mother Kerry Brown's side.
Her father Hugh Twigly, is of Scottish and Irish descent.
In 2023, the AFL WAG told Stellar magazine her family often travelled to New Zealand in her childhood, influenced by her mother's heritage.
"Mum's side is MÄori, so we did a lot of trips to New Zealand when we were kids," the model said.
"No one ever guesses that I'm MÄori. No-one. Ever."
Judd said her family would all flock to her at her grandfather's farm in New Zealand, where they would enjoy a hÄngÄ«, a traditional MÄori cooking method in which food is cooked in an underground oven.
"My pop has a big farm, and we'd have all the uncles and aunties over to have a hÄngÄ« every time we went over," she said.
Judd's parents Hugh and Kerry relocated from New Zealand to Australia in the late 1970s to take advantage of the West Australian mining boom.
After her parents separated, Judd and her sister Kate split their time between Perth and regional WA.
In her wide-ranging interview with Stellar, Judd mentioned her family struggled to make ends meet growing up.
"We didn't have much growing up, and every dollar counted, so we really respected our food, our home and our belongings," she said.
In 2007, Judd moved to Melbourne with then-boyfriend Chris Judd.
She completed her studies in speech and language pathology at La Trobe University and worked with adults in rehabilitation at the Alfred Hospital.
Judd married Chris in Melbourne's Carousel at Albert Park in 2010, and they have four children: Oscar, 14, Billie, 11, and twin sons Tom and Darcy, nine.
The couple documented their extensively redesigned $7.3 million Spanish Colonial house in Brighton, Melbourne's southeast, in the media.
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