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When 22-year-old Englishman Roger Evans first laid eyes on Cook Island beauty Mereana Henry in Masterton in 1952, it was her long thick hair that caught his attention.

When 22-year-old Englishman Roger Evans first laid eyes on Cook Island beauty Mereana Henry in Masterton in 1952, it was her long thick hair that caught his attention.


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