{"id":946223,"date":"2026-10-30T09:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946223\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:40:18","slug":"bec-judd-joins-wa-diamonds-stars-at-exclusive-melbourne-event-ahead-of-liz-ellis-diamond-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946223\/","title":{"rendered":"Bec Judd joins WA Diamonds stars at exclusive Melbourne event ahead of Liz Ellis Diamond Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western Australia\u2019s netball stars rubbed shoulders with media personality Bec Judd at an exclusive Melbourne mixer ahead of the Liz Ellis Diamond Awards.<\/p>\n

The Netball Players Association hosted a glamorous cocktail event at Kiki\u2019s in South Yarra, which brought together some of the country\u2019s most recognisable athletes and personalities.<\/p>\n

The event shone a spotlight on the Australian Diamonds squad and the women helping drive the growing popularity of the game across Australia.<\/p>\n

WA representatives including Courtney Bruce, Sunday Aryang and Amy Parmenter were among those in attendance, joining teammates from across the national squad for an evening celebrating the athletes behind the sport\u2019s biggest moments.<\/p>\n

With netball enjoying unprecedented visibility and fan engagement, the event showcased the star power, personalities and stories that continue to make the Diamonds some of Australia\u2019s most compelling sporting talents.<\/p>\n

\"BecCamera IconBec Judd and Sunday Aryang. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n

Judd is a huge fan of netball and played the sport in her youth.<\/p>\n

She has previously shared she learned and honed her netball skills growing up, which she later used to coach her daughter Billie\u2019s school netball team.<\/p>\n

The model was spotted in the crowd watching the Diamonds during game four of the 2026 Constellation Cup against the New Zealand Silver Ferns in Melbourne on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Diamonds defeated the Silver Ferns 68-58 in the final match to avoid a series clean sweep, though New Zealand claimed the Constellation Cup after winning the first three games.<\/p>\n

\"BecCamera IconBec Judd with Jamie-Lee Price, Jo Weston and Liz Watson. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n

Judd further threw her support behind the Diamonds when the team sparked controversy at the Commonwealth Games for their uniform being \u201ctoo short\u201d.<\/p>\n

Shooter Sophie Garbin defended the dresses, saying the team loved them and didn\u2019t think it impacted their performance.<\/p>\n

She shared an Instagram video at the time with the caption: \u201cHow we feel about wearing the most talked about thing at Comm Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love it,\u201d she added with a series of emojis \u2014 including a peach.<\/p>\n

The video began with her mouthing a famous line from Kim Kardashian \u2014 \u201cBecause it\u2019s iconic. And I love to do iconic sh.t\u201d \u2014 before dancing in the Diamonds dress.<\/p>\n

Garbin\u2019s friends and followers backed her team in and filled the comments section with messages of support.<\/p>\n

Judd said: \u201cThe \ud83c\udf51 needs its own account.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Western Australia\u2019s netball stars rubbed shoulders with media personality Bec Judd at an exclusive Melbourne mixer ahead of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,995,9736,588],"class_list":["post-946223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-influencers","tag-netball","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}