Andreas Kattou Wins Mr England 2009

Twenty-four-year-old Andreas Kattou is the winner of Mr. England 2009.

Andreas won the audience's vote which decided the winner of Mr. England on the night of the Miss England final where Rachel Christie won Miss England.

Chris Mulvaney who hails from Bolton came in second place and Hare Dhami from Birmingham came in third!

Andreas has has Cyprian roots and has played football professionally for Cyprus for under 17's-18's!. He hails from Rugby.

Andreas will represent England at the 2009 Mr World to be held in Seoul, South Korea  from September 18th to October 3rd, 2009.

 Andreas Kattou, Mr England 2009

 

Mr England 2009 First Runner-up Chris Mulvaney of Bolton

 

Mr England 2009 Second Runner-up Hare Dhami of Birmingham

Mr. Worcester missed Mr. England 2009 finals after a car accident

A Mr. England 2009 hopeful blew his chances of winning the title after he was figured out in a car collision while he was on his way to the Mr. England final.

Mr. Worcester,Gareth Woods, was half-an- hour into his journey when the car he was travelling in hit another vehicle on a country lane at about 11am on Monday.

The incident left the 21-year-old, of St John’s, with minor injuries but his friend driving the Volvo estate, Ross Donaldson, from Wales, was taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious when he hit his head on the steering wheel.

Mr Woods, a musician, said: “I was sat in the front passenger seat going over some questions and paperwork for the final and then I just saw a car come around the corner."

“It was one of those things where you can see what’s going to happen but you can’t prevent it.

“I had already braced myself so I was all right.”

Mr Woods said considerable damage was caused to the front of the car and one of his two other friends in the vehicle called for them to be picked up and taken back to Worcester.

It was from home that Mr Woods said he tried calling the Mr England organisers.

He said he was told to be there by 1.30pm but knew he would not be able to make it.

Numerous calls between fellow competitors and other organisers followed and it was at 4pm that he was told he could still compete if he made it to London by 6pm. But again, he said he would not have got there on time.

“I am gutted,” he said.

“I tried everything to get there. I feel as though I have let myself down but the circumstances didn’t permit me to go. It’s just my luck – nothing’s ever plain sailing.”

Mr Woods was hotly tipped to win the Mr England contest, which took place on Monday night alongside the Miss England final, and has now missed out on £5,000 worth of prizes.

Source: worcesternews.co.uk

New Brighton’s Miss England 2009 finalist attempts to break world record with velcro rollers

A Miss England 2009 finalist is attempting to break a world record using Velcro rollers.

Nadia Musa, from New Brighton, spent four hours on Friday night putting rollers in the hair of 200 women in order to get her name in the Guinness Book of Records.

The 22-year-old and her friend, Carly Eaton, worked from 6pm to 10pm at the New Brighton hair salon, Pure, as volunteers, friends and customers waited to have their hair done. The girls will find out if they have set a new record later this month.

Nadia said: “The idea behind this challenge was to raise lots of money for charity.

“We charged each of the woman £3 to get their hair done and all that money will now go to the National Autistic Society, the Variety Club, the children's charity and the eating disorder charity, B-eat.”

Source: wirralnews.co.uk

Soldier decorated for bravery in Iraq is Miss England 2009 First Runner-up

Miss England First Runner-up Katrina Hodges experienced hand-to-hand combat in Basra during a posting to Iraq, but still maintains her scariest ever moment was taking to the catwalk

She has dedicated her life so far to fighting for her country, but tonight, lance corporal Katrina Hodge has a very different goal. The squaddie is to swap her camouflage gear for a bikini to compete alongside 50 other girls for the title of Miss England.

The accidental beauty queen was entered into the local heats in her hometown of Tunbridge Wells by a friend, and was stunned when she took the crown, winning herself entry into the Miss England race.

But despite touring Iraq and engaging in hand-to-hand combat in Basra, the 22-year-old, who has been decorated for her bravery, claims that the most frightening thing she has ever done is to take to the catwalk.

Katrina was awarded a commendation from her unit, the 1st Batallion, Royal Anglian Regiment for her actions during a posting in 2005 in Basra.

'We arrested an Iraqi suspect we wanted to question and were taking him back to the prison when we were involved in a road accident,' she says.

'Our vehicle rolled over and when I came round the Iraqi had escaped and had our weapons. I knew I had to do something or he would have shot us all dead. It was a real do or die moment.'

'My training just kicked in and I managed to disarm him, get the weapons back and restrain him.

But incredibly though, while Katrina casually describes her efforts to save her peers in Basra as just part of the job, her reaction to her turn on the catwalk is far less understated, incredibly describing it as her most terrifying challenge yet.

'To be honest, the scariest moment of my life was stepping onto a catwalk for the first time,' she told the Daily Star. 'It was so far out of my comfort zone. I was terrified'

In a beauty pageant first, Katrina is hoping to impress the judges with her fitness and dexterity with a gun.

'For the talent section I'm doing rifle drill and throwing myself through an assault course. It's the first time anyone has ever done anything like this for Miss England but I wanted to show off my Army skills.'

'I'm really excited about the competition and fingers crossed, a miracle will happen and I'll win.'

And if she does win tonight, Katrina hopes she'll make a serious difference for the troops.

'It would be fantastic for the Army if I won Miss England,' she said. 'I think it would be a much-needed boost to the troops.

'It would also give me the chance to be able to encourage people to support the Forces. I really think British people need to be more patriotic and give more backing to the troops.

The Army made me who I am today and now I want to give something back. My main ambition if I won would be to promote the Forces and raise awareness of their charities.'

Aside from the support she might have earned for the troops, Katrina says she's pleased her achievements in the Miss England competition have given her the opportunity to show that Army girls can be feminine.

'People do think it's quite unusual for a soldier to be in a beauty pageant but I have had a really positive response, says Katrina.

A lot of people have got in contact with me as a result of entering Miss England because they've wanted to join the Army but they were too scared. They've thought it would be really butch and female-unfriendly.

But people have said I've inspired them to join up and that I've shown them how normal girly girls can succeed.

I think I'm showing that women in the Army can be pretty and girly but also that girls who enter beauty pageants don't have to be bimbos.

Some of the other Miss England girls are training to be lawyers and barristers. They're not dumb at all.'

Battle for Miss England: Lance Corporal Katrina Hodges has swapped her camouflage gear for a bikini to take on 50 contestants to win the title

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Wardrobe Malfunction at Miss England 2009, Miss Leicestershire Exposes Boobs

Jade Elliott and the dress that malfunctioned

Even the world's best models have had to put their fair share of catwalk catastrophes behind them.

Naomi Campbell famously fell over on the runway in Paris and American supermodel Tyra Banks tripped up live on her own TV show.

Now a teenage beauty queen from Leicestershire has had to overcome a 'wardrobe malfunction' while competing in the Miss England 2009 pageant.

Stunning Jade Elliott, 18, from Desford, was strutting her stuff in London over the weekend after being crowned Miss Leicestershire in May.

The unfortunate incident happened on Sunday night, during the Fashion Student round.

Jade was given a bright pink dress to model, which had been designed by a student from Leeds, but she revealed more than she would have liked when the dress fell open.

The Mercury is not publishing the offending image to spare her blushes.

She had not noticed the wardrobe malfunction until she was greeted with a larger than normal round of applause and plenty of flashing lights as she came off stage.

She said: "That was the first time I had worn it and when I first put it on it was okay.

"As I was coming off I saw that quite a lot of people were clapping and all the photographers were taking pictures.

"I looked down and then realised what had happened. I've never been so embarrassed in my life.

"Nobody had said anything at all to me while I was on the catwalk. When I realised they had been taking pictures I was mortified.

"I just carried on as normal and pulled the top up."

Despite not making the top 15, the pretty brunette came away from the pageant with more coverage than any of the other contestants after the incident was reported – but she does not view that as a positive thing.

She said: "It's not the kind of attention that I want to be getting. I see it as quite negative.

"I've got absolutely no desire to do that kind of modelling so I don't see it as a good thing. It's just so embarrassing."

Jade says she would like to continue modeling but is having second thoughts about entering any more beauty pageants.

She says she will still have fond memories of the contest.

She said: "I enjoyed this so much. I had a great time and all the other girls were amazing.

"I was really pleased to get this far. Some of the other girls were quite a bit older than me and had been to lots of these things.

"But I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing I would do again."

Source: thisisleicestershire.co.uk

Trivia and Scandals at Miss England 2009 involving the winner Rachel Christie

The new Miss England is not only a Miss World 2009 hopeful but also a 2012 Olympics hopeful for heptathlon and the 400 metres dash. At the 2009 Miss World, twenty-year-old Rachel Christie is no doubt will be the winner of the Miss Sports, one of the fast-track events of the pageant.

If we are right with this, then, Rachel will be one of the semi-finalists since winner of a fast-track event automatically advances to the Top 10 or 15.

Rachel, competing as Miss London, won the pageant at London's Metropole Hilton Hotel last Tuesday, July 21st. She also became the first black winner in the history of the pageant by beating 14 other finalists.

The beauty queen is the niece of British Olympic 100 metres gold medallist Linford Christie.

Linford Christie, who still holds the British 100 metres record at 9.87 seconds, won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He also won gold at the 1993 world championships and three European championships.

First Runner-up was Kat Hodge, a 21-year-old soldier decorated for bravery in Iraq. Viki Bailey was Second Runner-up.

Miss England Grand Final was decided after a public vote.

Rachel with runner-up Kat Hodge (right) and third placed Viki Bailey (left)

SCANDAL IN MISS ENGLAND 2009

Shortly after the announcement of Rachel Christie as Miss England 2009, it has been revealed that she only got 9 votes from the public. The pageant organizer had to come out to defend her.

According to the organizer, Christie was placed first by four of the six judges in the final and won the competition.

But in a public vote before the final, the winner of which won a place in the last 15, Miss Christie - who is also a part-time model - came 49th out of the 54 candidates.

People had been invited to take part in the survey conducted on the Miss England website, with calls costing £1 each on a premium rate phone line.

Fellow finalist Zoiey Smale got 2,013 votes compared to Miss Christie's nine but failed to finish in the top three.

She said: 'I felt quite let down as did all the girls that I spoke to because the ranking three didn't win any of the wards that were available for our hard work in the run-up to the finals.

'There were so many things we had to do. Yet none of it matter at the end of the day. The public vote was supposed to be acting as one of the judges' decisions. It was a big deal to me, but on the night it felt like it meant nothing.'

Organiser Angie Beasley said all the girls knew success in the public vote would only secure a place in the last 15 and counted as one-seventh of the final judging decision.

'When it gets to the top 15, they are judged on their confidence and their posture on stage and they are judged on their beauty and their personality,' she said.

'When it gets to the top 15 you cannot have the public vote judging that, it has to be a professional panel.'

Miss Christie also had a fast-track place because she had won the Helen E Cosmetic Award which guaranteed a spot in the final.

Half the finalists were fast-track contestants.

Current Miss World winner, Ksenia Sukhinova attended the pageant as a VIP guest.

Miss England 2009 Rachel Christie in her long gown with her trophy

Miss England 2009 Rachel Christie in her swimsuit

Miss England Beauty Queen Targeted for Being Black

Nigerian-born Helen Lawal, the 23-year-old Miss Black Britain and, most recently, the freshly crowned Miss York, is the target of a self-confessed racist who thinks she should not be part of the more important Miss Britain competition. A threatening phone call was placed with event organizer Vivienne Lee, and the police are already looking into the case, BBC informs.

Although Lawal has not been directly threatened by the racist, who calls himself Mr. Paver, the phone call in itself was threatening enough to alert the authorities, it has been said. Among the many comments made, “we know where you are” and “these people should not be allowed in the country” were two of the most worrying, Mrs. Lee points out. Because of this, she has alerted the police and they are now investigating the case.

“A gentleman called me to say there shouldn’t be a black person representing York and he said he would ‘get all of us.’” Mrs. Lee tells BBC, adding that she was “shocked and surprised” about the phone call in the aftermath of Lawal winning the Miss York title. “Since living in Pickering she has not encountered any racism. The Miss England competition has always been multicultural to reflect the country we live in.” Mrs. Lee adds for the aforementioned media outlet.

The police have confirmed the threats received regarding Lawal. “We can confirm that a malicious call involving racist statements was reported to us on Friday 17 April. We take the issue of hate crimes very seriously and will investigate.” a statement released to BBC says. However, as of now, it is not known whether the police have any leads in the case or not.

Helen Lawal was born in Nigeria, but traveled to the UK when she was very small and grew up there. She has a British passport, which is why she has had the right to enlist for the Miss Britain competition, hailed as a multicultural event that knows no such racial boundaries. Lawal is now studying to follow in her father’s footsteps, being in her fourth year at the University of York-based Hull York Medical School.

Miss England 2009 will be held in London, on July 20.

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