Miss England Semi-Finals here I come!
Well, this was a surprise! In this next installment of my crazy life, I’ll explain how I’ve suddenly found myself in the Miss England Semi-Finals!
Back in December I went to the London Model Academy Christmas Party. It was so much fun and simply a chance to catch up with friends and network.
Little did I know, there was a photographer there from Fab UK Magazine and the CEO himself Cem Kaplan. He was featuring the party in the Jan 2025 issue of the magazine so there was the option to pose with some gifts from the party sponsor…. I obviously jumped at the chance and that’s when Cem watched me model and subsequently told me he just knew!
In fact his exact words in a message that followed in January were: “What really stuck with me was how you posed, it was amazing. The confidence, the outfit, the hairstyle, the way you looked at the camera, it was just spot on. In that moment, I thought: she’s the one!”
What really stuck with me was how you posed, it was amazing. The confidence, the outfit, the hairstyle, the way you looked at the camera, it was just spot on. In that moment, I thought: she’s the one!
So he entered the photograph that was taken that evening into the Fab UK Magazine Top Model Competition and out of the 156 entries – 106 applied online and 50 were photographer’s own picks – the panel of judges decided that I was their Top Model for 2025!
And as if that wasn’t crazy enough I then get a message to come to an event in Covent Garden. Being Fab Magazine’s Top Model of The Year gives me a free pass into the Miss England Semi Finals!
Like what?! Seriously! What is my life! The press got hold of the story and it was featured absolutely everywhere:
I’ll be totally honest, I didn’t really know much about the Miss England Competition and on first glance it seemed very different to the editorial style edgy modelling that I love to do:
But, on meeting Milla Magee, the stunning and beautifully kind, current Miss England, I’ve learnt that the contest is absolutely something I want to get involved with. Miss England is all about ‘Beauty With a Purpose.’ Milla’s Beauty with a Purpose project is called #GoFarwithCPR where she has been spreading awareness and teaching life-saving Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) skills. She has taught CPR in many schools and is campaigning to make it compulsory in the education curriculum. Wow! Even if I can just raise awareness about what a positive impact the Miss England Competition has then I’ll be happy.
But let’s be honest now… Am I pretty enough to become Miss England? No. Am I glamorous enough to become Miss England? No. I can’t hide it. I’m part robot. I have a prosthetic leg. And with just 3 out of 4 limbs I’m very clearly missing something! But maybe, just maybe, I make up for it in spirit, and determination, and grit, and resolve. I certainly have more of a purpose to my life now… so what if my uniqueness sets me apart?
I very much doubt I’ll make it through to the Final, but I’m going to give it my best shot and I’m sure it’s going to be tons of fun.
Am I scared about the competition? No, not at all. Once you’ve survived something like osteosarcoma, nothing scares you anymore. So Miss England, I’m coming for you. And Cem and all at Fab UK Magazine, thank you so much for believing in me. Let’s start an Inclusion Revolution!
