Background
Wells grew up in the Bayside suburb of Black Rock with her family.
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Her primary and secondary education was completed Loreto Mandeville Hall. Wells completed high school in 2012 and is a medical student at Monash University in Melbourne.
Career
She is the first woman to be crowned Mission Universe Australia from the state of Victoria. After winning Mission Universe Australia 2013 she was forced to take a one-year intermission from her studies. The Mission Universe Australia pageant was the first pageant Wells competed in.
Representing her home state of Victoria and was crowned Mission Universe Australia 2013.
She beat out 29 other national finalists from all over the continent. Wells was an underdog in the lead up to the national pageant with betting odds at 51:1 for her taking the title.
Wells represented Australia at the Mission Universe 2013 pageant on 9 November 2013 in Moscow. Although considered a favourite, she failed to place in the semifinals, ending Australia"s five-year streak of consecutive placements in Mission Universe, from 2008 through 2012.
Wells is an active philanthropist and regularly volunteers her time both locally and internationally.
Most notably, Wells is an ambassador for Operation Smile Australia and has participated in a mission in Lima Peru. Wells is also an ambassador for the Royal Children"s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. As outlined in her answer to her final five question at the Mission Universe Australia pageant, Wells also volunteers weekly with Embrace Education, tutoring English as a second language to children from underprivileged migrant and refugee backgrounds.
