Mrs Australia defends finalist Haley Bracken's shock dress

Melbounre, February 18 (ANI): Reigning Mrs Australia Kylie Tsiafogiannis has defended cricket WAG Haley Bracken over her choice of dress in the wake of her red carpet performance.

Tsiafogiannis praised Bracken, a NSW finalist for this year's contest, for taking the effort to design her own threads.

''The media gave her absolute hell for that dress she wore and I thought she looked fantastic,'' the Courier Mail quoted Tsiafogiannis as saying.

''She designed it herself, she used her initiative, was a bit creative and instead of being congratulated, she got grief and I think that was appalling,'' she added.

Bracken is apparently mulling over her plans to wear the eye-catching gown at the Mrs Australia final in Melbourne in July. (ANI)