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.[1]
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
| Year | Miss England |
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| 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) |
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| 1953 | Marlene Dee | did not compete | did not compete | unplaced |
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| 1955 | Margaret Rowe | Top 15 |
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did not compete | did not compete |
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| 1956 | Iris Alice Kathleen Waller | 3rd runner up | Winner | unplaced | |||
| 1957 | Sonia Hamilton | 2nd runner up | did not compete |
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| 1958 | Dorothy Hazeldine | unplaced | did not compete |
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| 1959 | Pamela Ann Searle | 3rd runner up |
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| 1960 | Joan Ellinor Boardman | Top 15 | did not compete |
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| 1961 | Arlette Dobson | 3rd runner up | did not compete |
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| 1962 | Kim Carlton | Top 15 |
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did not compete |
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| 1963 | Susan Pratt | did not compete | did not compete |
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| 1964 | Brenda Blacker | 1st runner up | did not compete |
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| 1965 | Jennifer Warren Gurley | unplaced | did not compete |
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| 1966 | Janice Carol Whiteman | Top 15 | did not compete |
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| 1967 | Jennifer Lynn Lewis | Leicester | 2nd runner up | Winner | 4th runner up |
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| 1968 | Jennifer Lowe Summers | Manchester | Top 15 | Winner (of 1966) | Top 15 (of 1966) |
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| 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 |
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| 1973 | Veronica Ann Cross | unplaced | Winner | 6th runner up | |||
| 1974 | Kathleen Ann Celeste Anders | Rochdale | Top 12 | 1st runner up | did not compete |
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| 1975 | Vicki Harris | London | Top 12 | Winner | 2nd runner up | ||
| 1976 | Pauline Davies | Manchester | Top 12 |
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Top 15 | did not compete |
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| 1977 | Sarah Louise Long | Bristol | unplaced | 2nd runner up | did not compete |
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| 1978 | Beverley Isherwood | Manchester | unplaced | 2nd runner up | did not compete |
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| 1979 | Carolyn Ann Seaward | Yelverton, Devon | 2nd runner up |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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did not compete | |||
| 1989 | Racquel Jory | unplaced | 1st runner up | did not compete |
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| 1990 | Carla Barrow | unplaced | did not compete |
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From 2000 to Present
| Year | Miss England | City Represented | Placement in
Miss World |
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| 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 |