Age: 26
female
Bethany Whitmore was born 7 December 1999, Melbourne, Australia. Bethany is a very creative and uniquely minded individual. She gained her first TV appearance on "Rove Live" (2000) - as a panelist for three "Understanding 5" commercial comedy skits. Following this, at her very first audition, she gained the role of 5-year-old "Jaden" in the US miniseries "The Starter Wife" (2007), which stars Debra Messing, and Judy Davis. Bethany is also the lead voice of 8-year-old Mary Daisy Dinkle in Academy Award Winning Director, Adam Elliot's feature film Mary and Max (2009). In 2011 Bethany completed her biggest role yet, playing one of five teenage girls in P.J. Hogan's new feature film _"Mental" (2012)_, which also stars Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber and Rebecca Gibney. Bethany played the role of 12 year old Jane Moochmore, the youngest of the five Moochmore girls.
In the aftermath of the Manhattaning, with a number of synchronized explosions happening in coastal areas of Southeast Asia, there were a series of catastrophic tsunamis and earthquakes that left hundreds of thousands homeless and injured, in addition to the millions who died. There was a great number of refugees in the wake of the Manhattaning from dozens of countries. Many countries stepped up to offer their cities as safe harbors for these refugees. Canada was recognized as a great example of this charitable level of humanity, but Australia was another. One of Australia's biggest beneficiaries of this influx of refugees was Townsville in the state of Queensland. Already a major shipping hub for business in Southeast Asia, Townsville's population steadily increased every year from 1988 onward. With the influx of population and charitable resources donated to help the city handle the refugee migration, the city's industry flourished and by 2004 it was of Australia's primary population centers as well as a hub for commercial, industry, cultural, and academic interests.
