Scherri-Lee Biggs

Scherri-Lee Biggs (born 28 August 1990) is an Australian model, beauty pageant titleholder, dancer and presenter. She was crowned Miss Universe Australia 2011 and represented Australia at Miss Universe 2011, where she was placed in the Top 10.

Biggs currently presents the weather on Nine News Melbourne.

Early life Biggs was born in South Africa and emigrated with her family to Perth, Western Australia when she was 8, where she attended St Mary's Anglican Girls' School. From a young age, she was schooled in dance and ballet, but she pursued a career in modelling at age 16, after being scouted by Vivien's modelling agency.

Miss Universe Biggs, a popular delegate and favourite to win the competition, became Miss Universe Australia on 7 July 2011 in a ceremony held at Melbourne's Sofitel hotel, outdoing 21 other delegates from across the country. This certified her with a place in the Miss Universe pageant, held in São Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011, where she finished in the top 10. On the show, she won $20,000 for her charity, Dress for Success, before being eliminated in the 8th episode, finishing in 7th place out of 14 celebrities.

On 11 December 2025, the Nine Network announced that Biggs would replace Livinia Nixon as the weeknight weather presenter for Nine News Melbourne from 18 January 2026.

Personal life On 23 December 2022, Biggs announced she was engaged to former Australian rules footballer Daniel Venables. They married in March 2023. The couple have a daughter Isla Minnie, born 7 February 2024.