Miss England,
The Miss England competition is an annual beauty pageant targeted at young females aged 17-24 years living in England. Entrants must hold a British passport to enter.
The contest, title owned by the Miss World organisation is organised each year by Angie Beasley, a winner of 25 beauty contests in the 80s and has organised beauty pageants around the country on behalf of Miss World, including Miss United Kingdom, Mr UK, Miss England, Miss Scotland and Miss Wales.
The contest often attracts celebrity judges at local and national finals. Many celebrities have also judged the regional heats for the competition around the country including top glamour model Jordan, who joined the judging panel for Miss Sussex.
The Miss England competition is promoted to thousands of women around England in local media by a series of area heats held around the country.
News of the World & "Take a Break" magazine have previously sponsored contestants over the years, writing features on contestants and used the winners on the front covers. Various newspapers, including the Daily Mirror, The Times, The Daily Mail and various magazines including Teen Vogue in New York and Hello! have carried stories on local and national winners.
The winner of the Miss England competition, along with the winners of Miss Northern Ireland, Miss Scotland and Miss Wales, can compete in Miss World. The highest ranking competitor of the four constituent country entrants is then presented with the title and crown of Miss United Kingdom.
The 2008 contest became notable for featuring a plus-size model, Chloe Marshall and an army personnel, Katrina Hodge, a first for its kind.
Since the pageant's inception of more than 50 years ago, no title holder had gone on to win any international contest. However several Misses England had almost clinched an international crown for England, placing in the 1st runner up position for five times; once in Miss Universe, and twice each in Miss World (as Miss United Kingdom) and Miss Europe.
Titleholders and their Achievements
From 1928 to 1936
ear Miss England
1928 Nonni Shields
1929 Benny Dick
1930 Marjorie Ross
1931 Bettie Mason
1932 Gwen Stallard
1933 Angela Ward
1934 June Lammas
1935 Muriel Oxford
1936 Laurence Atkins
From 1953 to 1990
Year Miss England City
Represented
Placement in
Miss Universe
(as Miss England)
Special awards at
Miss Universe
Placement in
Miss United Kingdom
(as Miss England)
Placement in
Miss World
(as Miss United Kingdom)
Notes
1953 Marlene Dee did not compete did not compete unplaced
took part in Miss Europe 1953, and was placed 1st runner up
was a contestant (under the banner of 'Britain') in the first edition of Miss World
1955 Margaret Rowe Top 15
Most Popular Girl in Parade
did not compete did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1955
1956 Iris Alice Kathleen Waller 3rd runner up Winner unplaced
1957 Sonia Hamilton 2nd runner up did not compete
was Miss Europe 1957 4th runner up
1958 Dorothy Hazeldine unplaced did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1958
1959 Pamela Ann Searle 3rd runner up
Miss Photogenic
did not compete
1960 Joan Ellinor Boardman Top 15 did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1960
1961 Arlette Dobson 3rd runner up did not compete
was Miss Europe 1961 1st runner up
1962 Kim Carlton Top 15
Miss Photogenic
Best National Costume
did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1962
1963 Susan Pratt did not compete did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1963
met with an auto accident on the first night in Miami where the Miss Universe pageant was held, and was seated on a chair on the stage on the final night
1964 Brenda Blacker 1st runner up did not compete
obtained the highest placing record for an English delegate in the history of Miss Universe
took part in Miss Europe 1964
1965 Jennifer Warren Gurley unplaced did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1965
1966 Janice Carol Whiteman Top 15 did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1966
1967 Jennifer Lynn Lewis Leicester 2nd runner up Winner 4th runner up
took part in Miss Europe 1967
1968 Jennifer Lowe Summers Manchester Top 15 Winner (of 1966) Top 15 (of 1966)
took part in Miss Europe 1968
1969 Myra Van Heck unplaced did not compete
1970 Yvonne Anne Ormes Nantwich unplaced Winner 6th runner up
1971 Marilyn Ann Ward New Milton Top 12 Winner 1st runner up
1972 Jennifer Mary McAdam 4th runner up Winner 6th runner up
was Miss Europe 1972 4th runner up
1973 Veronica Ann Cross unplaced Winner 6th runner up
1974 Kathleen Ann Celeste Anders Rochdale Top 12 1st runner up did not compete
was Miss Europe 1974 4th runner up
1975 Vicki Harris London Top 12 Winner 2nd runner up
1976 Pauline Davies Manchester Top 12
Miss Photogenic
Top 15 did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1976
1977 Sarah Louise Long Bristol unplaced 2nd runner up did not compete
was Miss Europe 1978 2nd runner up
1978 Beverley Isherwood Manchester unplaced 2nd runner up did not compete
took part in Miss International 1979
1979 Carolyn Ann Seaward Yelverton, Devon 2nd runner up
Miss Photogenic
Winner 1st runner up
1980 Julie Duckworth Blackpool unplaced 2nd runner up did not compete
1981 Joanna Longley** Bristol unplaced did not compete did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1981
Joanna Longley competed at Miss Universe and Miss Europe as 'Miss England'. But she did not win the title organized through the Mecca/Morley competition and thus was not 'officially' Miss England.
1982 Della Frances Dolan Grimsby Top 12 Winner 2nd runner up
1983 Karen Lesley Moore Southsea 4th runner up 1st runner up did not compete
was one of the top 10 delegates at Miss Europe 1984
was one of the top 15 delegates at Miss International 1984
1984 Louise Gray Sheffield unplaced Top 7 did not compete
1985 Helen Westlake London unplaced Top 15 did not compete
1986 Joanne Sedgley Newquay unplaced 1st runner up did not compete
1987 Yvette Dawn Livesey unplaced did not compete
1988 Tracey Williams unplaced
Miss Photogenic
did not compete
1989 Racquel Jory unplaced 1st runner up did not compete
took part in Miss Europe 1991
1990 Carla Barrow unplaced did not compete
was the last Miss England to compete in Miss Universe
[edit]From 2000 to Present
Year Miss England City Represented Placement in
Miss World
2000 Michelle Walker Liverpool unplaced
2001 Sally Kettle Leicester unplaced
2002 Danielle Luan Oxford unplaced
2003 Jackie Turner Poole unplaced
2004 Danielle Lloyd Liverpool unplaced
2005 Hammasa Kohistani London unplaced
2006 Eleanor Glynn Oxford unplaced
2007 Georgia Horsley York unplaced
2008 Laura Coleman Derby unplaced
2009 Rachel Christie London Resigned
Katrina Hodge Royal Tunbridge Wells
(source:wikipedia)
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