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Revision as of 12:50, 16 July 2013
Miss Great Britain is a female beauty contest currently held in London. First held in 1945, between 1956 and 1989, it was held in the seaside resort of Morecambe. It is one of the oldest of its kind in the country.
Between 1951 and 1957, the winner of the Miss Great Britain crown would go on to compete at the Miss World pageant. This ended in 1958 when Miss World creator Eric Morley, unhappy at the results of the Miss Great Britain winners at Miss World[1] ( all seven Miss GB winners that went to Miss World were unplaced ) set up his own domestic contest, the Miss United Kingdom pageant. From 1958 to the end of the 20th century, the winner of Miss UK would compete at Miss World.
Unlike other beauty pageants, the annual event is no longer held to send its winner (or participants) to any specific international contests. Some of the international pageants which had been represented by Miss Great Britain were Miss Universe, Miss World, Top Model of the World and Miss World Tourism. The current title holder is Miss Great Britain 2012 Charlotte Perkins from Cardiff.
As opposed to its British counterparts such as Miss England, Miss Northern Ireland, Miss Scotland, Miss Wales and Miss United Kingdom, Miss Great Britain is not affiliated with the Miss World Organisation.
2006 event
The 2006 title holder was Preeti Desai who hailed from Cleveland. Desai made history when she became the first ever winner of Indian ethnicity when she replaced the dethroned Danielle Lloyd. Lloyd had lost the crown after stirring up scandals for posing nude for Playboy magazine and dating one of the judges during her participation in the pageant.[2] Danielle Lloyd has been re-instated into the Wall of Fame/ Previous winners as of January 11, 2010.
2007 event
Rachael Tennent, a project co-ordinator, was awarded the crown of Miss Great Britain. Along with the crown, the new titleholder also bagged a car, jewellery and a modelling contract. Tennent had previously competed for the Miss Scotland 2006 title which she placed 2nd runner-up. The event was held in Grosvenor House in Park Lane, London.
Tennent did not complete her reign which resulted in Gemma Garrett (who was the 1st runner up in 2007) taking over the title of Miss Great Britain for the rest of the year.[3]
2008 event
The 2008 event did not take place due to financial difficulties as a result of the global financial crisis.[4]
2009 event
The event took place on May 12, 2009 at the Café de Paris in Central London. Following the previous years non-event, a strong PR campaign orchestrated by the show's executive producer Jade Reuben, helped to re-introduce the event to the nation, with some 70,000 online entrants being whittled down through national heats to the final 12 girls. Heavily covered by the media, the eventual winner was Miss Newcastle - Sophie Gradon, 23.[5] She will not go to Miss Universe as reported by the press; please see above. That girl is Clair Cooper, who won the Miss Universe GB crown.
Title holders
| 2012 | Charlotte Perkins |
| 2011 | No contest |
| 2010 | Amy Carrier[6] |
| 2009 | Sophie Gradon |
| 2008 | No contest |
| 2007 | Rachael Tennent (resigned) Gemma Garrett |
| 2006 | Danielle Lloyd (resigned) Preeti Desai |
| 2005 | No contest |
| 2004 | Emma Spellar |
| 2003 | Nicki Lane |
| 2002 | Yana Booth |
| 2001 | Michelle Evans |
| 2000 | Michelle Walker |
| 1999 | Rennell Kilner |
| 1998 | Leilani Dowding |
| 1997 | Liz Fuller |
| 1996 | Anita St Rose |
| 1994 | Sarah Southwick |
| 1993 - 1990 | No contest |
| 1989 | Amanda Dyson |
| 1988 | Gillian Bell |
| 1987 | Linzi Butler |
| 1986 | Lesley Ann Musgrave |
| 1985 | Jill Saxby |
| 1984 | Debbie Greenwood |
| 1983 | Rose McGrory |
| 1982 | Tracy Dodds (resigned) Viviennne Farnen (replacement) |
| 1981 | Michelle Hobson |
| 1980 | Sue Berger |
| 1979 | No contest |
| 1978 | Patricia Morgan |
| 1977 | Susan Hempel |
| 1976 | Dinah May |
| 1975 | Susan Cuff |
| 1974 | Marilyn Ward |
| 1973 | Gay Spink |
| 1972 | Elizabeth Robinson |
| 1971 | Carolyn Moore |
| 1970 | Kathleen Winstanley |
| 1969 | Wendy Anne George |
| 1968 | Yvonne Ormes |
| 1967 | Jennifer Gurley |
| 1966 | Carole Fletcher |
| 1965 | Diane Hickinbotham |
| 1964 | Carole Redhead |
| 1963 | Gillian Taylor |
| 1962 | Joy Black |
| 1961 | Libby Walker |
| 1960 | Eileen Sheridan |
| 1959 | Valerie Martin |
| 1958 | Christine Mayo |
| 1957 | Leila Williams |
| 1956 | Iris Waller |
| 1955 | Jennifer Chimes |
| 1954 | Patricia Butler |
| 1953 | Brenda Mee |
| 1952 | Dorothy Dawn |
| 1951 | Marlene Dee |
| 1950 | Violet Pretty |
| 1949 | Elaine Pryce |
| 1948 | Pamela Bayliss |
| 1947 | June Mitchell |
| 1946 | June Rivers |
| 1945 | Lydia Read |
Archives
Archives of Miss Great Britain are held at The Women's Library at the Library of the London School of Economics, ref 5MGB
References
- ^ http://www.pageantopolis.com/nat_past/UK.htm
- ^ "Playboy pictures". toxicmagazine.com. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ^ http://www.miss-gb.co.uk/newsitem.asp?newsID=48 Miss Great Britain
- ^ Boffey, Daniel (17 January 2009). "Credit crunch claims its latest victim... the Miss Great Britain contest". Daily Mail. London.
- ^ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/05/09/winner-of-miss-newcastle-2008-revealed-72703-20886043/
- ^ "Amy Carrier Crowned Miss Great Britain 2010".
www.missgreatbritain.co.uk