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UNCOVERED: Miss england | History Defined

Controversial Bikini Parade Scrapped From Miss England Beauty Pageant

Organizers cite shift towards celebrating women achievers and mixed views among contestants

Zenger

Miss England could bring back swimwear round after 20-year ban

The on-stage bikini parade has not been held for two decades

Wales Online

'Bullies punched me and called me Godzilla but now I'm a model'

Kathryn was bullied throughout her teenage years over her height

Liverpool Echo

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A 5ft beauty queen becomes shortest contestant to reach the Miss England finals

Emily Harrison is now preparing to compete in an international contest for petite models

Wales Online

Lancashire's Miss England is training to become astronaut... and become the first beauty queen in space

Jessica Gagen is currently studying aerospace engineering at uni

Manchester Evening News

Woman bullied for being ginger becomes model with engineering degree

Jessica was bullied for her hair colour but soon became the first red head to win the Miss England title

Liverpool Echo

Miss England wants to become the first beauty queen in space

Jessica Gagen is already a budding rocket scientist in her final year of a degree in aerospace engineering

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Meet Miss Newcastle - the Geordie student who made Miss England final and why she's welcomed the return of bikini round

Corel-Jo Antwhistle believes pageants are about more than how you look and said the bikini round was "empowering"

Chronicle Live

I was bullied and burned for having ginger hair - now I've been crowned Miss England

Jessica Gagen, 26, was severely bullied in school due to her hair colour

Manchester Evening News

Ponteland woman to be first ever contestant with a prosthetic eye to compete in Miss England final

India Fenwick will compete in the final in Birmingham on October 16 and October 17

Chronicle Live

NHS pharmacist now Miss England finalist after overcoming low confidence caused by vitiligo

A stunned Amrita crowned Miss Birmingham has also won a place in next month's Miss England final

Wales Online

Miss England hopeful will use footballer Jadon Sancho to beat the nerves in beauty pageant final

Alanta Richards' mum advised her to imagine her favourite footballer is watching her in the crowd at the grand final

Wales Online

Miss Liverpool thought she was 'too old' to enter beauty contest

Georgia Austin will now enter Miss England

Liverpool Echo

Miss England finalist becomes first ever make-up-free beauty queen in pageant's history

A Miss England finalist has become the first ever beauty queen in the pageant's 94-year history to appear on the catwalk without any make-up, and says she's "not afraid to share" who she is

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Miss England finalist makes history as pageant’s first makeup free contestant

‘I’ve done it for all girls,’ Melisa Raouf says

Manchester Evening News

Miss England finalist 'told to eat more pies' by GP during anorexia battle

Jess Hynes was only consuming 700 calories a day at one point

Zenger

Beauty And Brains: Miss England Has A Degree In Genetics And Encourages Women To Study Science

A top British fashion model proves she has beauty and brains after graduating with a Master’s degree in Genetics and says she hopes to inspire more women to become scientists.

Daily Mirror

Former Miss England locked herself in room after being bullied for 'being too beautiful'

Natasha Hemmings, 26, told how she was inspired to enter the Miss England beauty pageant after the cruel treatment from fellow students, claiming they commented on her looks

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Wales Online

Sisters says 'no competition' as they reach semi-final of Miss England

The two, who say they do 'nearly everything together', will be joined by around 40 women in the final rounds of the contest

Zenger

Chick Mate: Glamorous Female Chess Champion Is Bidding To Also Be Crowned Miss England

A glamorous female chess champion dubbed a real-life Beth Harmon from ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ mini-series is bidding to also be crowned Miss England.

Wales Online

Beauty queen wins contest in £40 Oxfam outfit as she follows in mum's footsteps

Anjali Sinha now hopes to be crowned Miss England

Wales Online

Nurse battles back from long Covid to reach Miss England semi-final

NHS worker was unable to leave the house for a year

Daily Mirror

'I escaped Saddam Hussein's regime as a child - now I want to be Miss England'

Roza Kurdo and her mum scaped savage mass killings in Iraqi Kurdistan and sought a better life in Britain. She is now 25 and is hoping to be crowned Miss England 2022

Nottingham Post

Beauty queen has last laugh after being bullied at school for being ginger

She is hoping to represent England at Miss World

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool University student 'spat at' for being ginger has the last laugh

Jessica Gagen said she was also punched and even burned over the colour of her hair

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