June Dally-Watkins

June Marie Dally-Watkins OAM (13 June 1927 – 22 February 2020) was an Australian businesswoman and fashion model.

In 1950 she started the Southern Hemisphere's first personal development school in Sydney to train young women in etiquette and deportment. A year later, she started Australia's first model agency and modelling school and later established a Business Finishing College. She was later a public proponent of etiquette and elocution, and frequently commented on those topics in the media.

She was featured on the popular Australian television show Bogan Hunters on 7mate in 2014, where she provided information relating to etiquette to the winners of the series.

In 2019, she was teaching etiquette to women in China.

Watkins died on 22 February 2020, aged 92.

Personal life

She once had a romantic relationship with American actor Gregory Peck. She married John Clifford, a naval officer, but separated in 1968. The couple had four sons and daughters.