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British beauty turns Bollywood babe

Despite never having acted before, a British teenager has bagged a lead role in the latest Indian blockbuster. Amy Jackson, a Miss England contestant, 18, became the first unknown British girl to appear in a Bollywood film, starring as the heroine Amy Wilkinson in the movie ”Madrasapattinam”. Jackson was hand-picked for the role by top [...]

Babes in bikinis banned from Miss England

Miss England organisers have banned bikinis in the contest.
Babes will instead participate in a fun run, since organisers believe the swimwear round gives the beauty pageant a “cattle market” image.
The new idea is the brainchild of reigning Miss England Katrina Hodge, 22, a lance corporal in the British Army.
“I think it’’s nerve-racking enough for girls [...]

”Combat Barbie” gives Miss England swimsuit round marching orders

Soldier Katrina Hodge, who represented England at the Miss World event in South Africa in 2009, has given marching orders to the swimsuit round of the beauty contest.
For the first time since it was founded more than 50 years ago, the Miss England competition will not include a swimwear round, thanks to Hodge a.k.a Combat [...]

Miss England Katrina Hodge wants to serve in Afghanistan

Katrina Hodge, a soldier in the British army and the recently crowned Miss England, hopes to serve in Afghanistan someday, alongside her colleagues.
Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, 22, called “Combat Barbie” by her Army colleagues, has already served in the war-torn Iraq and wants to be in the fore of action in Afghanistan after her reign [...]

‘Combat Barbie’ steps in as new Miss England

Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge has been crowned the new Miss England after former winner Rachel Christie withdrew from the title.
Christie, who was the first black woman to be crowned Miss England, stepped down following her arrest over an alleged fight with Miss Manchester Sara Beverley Jones in a nightclub.
Contest organisers announced her place was given [...]

Ex-Olympic sprint champ Linford Christie’s niece becomes first black Miss England

British sprinter Linford Christie’s niece, Rachel, has become the first black woman to be crowned Miss England.
The 20-year-old won the title in the event hosted at Metropole Hilton Hotel in Central London, despite being injured in a car crash just few days before the event.
She had suffered whiplash, bruising and spent [...]