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Surf Lifesaving Australia wins diversity challenge

Monica Wilkie
Monica Wilkie Source: SBS

Picture a surf lifesaver and you might think of a tall, tanned man.But Monica Wilkie is the star of a new Surf Life Saving Australia campaign which hopes to demonstrate that isn't the case.


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Picture a surf lifesaver and you might think of a tall, tanned man.But Monica Wilkie is the star of a new Surf Life Saving Australia campaign which hopes to demonstrate that isn't the case.


Monica Wilkie has been surf lifesaving for 15 years.

The 25 year-old, from Mermaid Beach Surf Life Saving Club on the Gold Coast, is the star of Surf Live Saving Australia's new campaign, called "the ocean doesn't discriminate".

Ms Wilkie says she was encouraged by her father to join the movement.

 


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