Who will be Miss Staffordshire? (PICS)
FINALISTS of the first Miss Staffordshire beauty pageant are campaigning for votes to help see them through to the next stage of a national modelling competition.
The 19 hopefuls contesting to be Miss Staffordshire 2009 are relying on a public vote to progress to the Miss England 2009 semi-finals.
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The 10 contestants with the most votes on Friday, May 22, at noon, will be put forward to a panel of judges, including the reigning Miss England, Laura Coleman.
The chosen Miss Staffordshire will then advance to the national semi-final at Champneys Springs on June 8.
Finalist Natalie Ede, from Mosley Drive, Uttoxeter, hopes the competition will help her pursue a career in modelling.
The 18-year old said: "It gives you more confidence and for me it's about getting experience."
Natalie, who has a contract with Models Direct, is even more driven by her second place position - just two votes keeping her from the top spot.
She added: "People tell me it's something good to happen to someone in my town for once, instead of all the bad things. So it's nice that people have supported me."
Another hopeful, Emma Strawford, from Ashford Street, Shelton, believes she has the determination to win.
The 19-year-old Staffordshire University student, who is currently in fifth place, said: "I would like more people to vote who don't necessarily know me.
"It's something I have always liked to do and it would be a great experience."
Both the girls are using social networking site Facebook to drum up support. Natalie said: "It's made it so much easier to talk to people and get them to vote."
Angie Beasley, national director of Miss England 2009, is hoping that the first Miss Staffordshire competition will lead to an annual competition.
She said: "The standard of the girls we've seen from Staffordshire is very high and there are potential winners here. It's not enough to be pretty to win the competition any more.
"This year we've had a medical student who's training to be a doctor, a police officer, someone who's joining the Army and another the RAF."
01 Beth Crowley
Age: 21
Height: 5-8
Student
Stoke-on-Trent
02 Chloe Molland
Age: 18
Height: 5-11
Student;Waitress
Stoke-on-Trent
03 Claire Wassell
Age: 21
Height: 5-9
Business Management
and Marketing Student
04 Emma Machin
Age: 19
Height: 4-11
Student
Newcastle (Staffs)
05 Emma Strawford
Age: 19
Height: 5-4
Student
Stoke-on-Trent
06 Hannah Orton
Age: 17
Height: 5-3
Student
Tamworth
07 Heather Marie Sellers
Age: 17
Height: 5-8
Student;Model
Stone
08 Jemma Corbett
Age: 23
Height: 5-6
Student
Stoke-on-Trent
09 Jessica Raybould
Age: 19
Height: 5-6
Self-employed Costume Designer
Stafford
10 Jordan Childs
Age: 22
Height: 5-4
Graduate
Rugeley
12 Natalie Ede
Age: 18
Height: 5-6
Uttoxeter
13 Nicola Morris
Age: 23
Height: 5-4
Travel Agent
Stoke-on-Trent
14 Pamela Muir
Age: 20
Height: 5-6
Student
Uttoexter
15 Rachael Foster
Age: 22
Height: 5-9
Student
Leek
16 Rachel Powell
Age: 20
Height: 5-5
Student
Stone
17 Samantha Bennett
Age: 17
Height: 5-5
Student
Burton on Trent
18 Samantha Dack
Age: 19
Height: 5-5
P/T New Claims Handler ; Student
Tamworth
19 Semina Mahmood
Age: 17
Height: 5-7
Travel Consultant
20 Vicky Klimczak
Age: 19
Height: 5-6
Barmaid
Newcastle (Staffs)
Comments
by Warren, Stoke on Trent
Friday, May 08 2009, 7:50AM
“Could'nt cear less, not news, just old rubbis, how very 70's.”