Gainsborough women reach Miss Lincolnshire finals

Having had heat finals cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Miss Lincolnshire and Miss Yorkshire events are now taking place online through video presentations.

With the winners of each contest qualifying for the Miss England Finals later in the year, leading onto Miss World, there is still a great deal of competitiveness in the heat finals.

Each of the contestants have been asked to film and submit videos of themselves, giving an introduction and discussing interesting facts about themselves, wear their favourite dress or evening gown to do a parade on a virtual catwalk, and finally to present a talent or talk about fundraising events.

Contest organiser, Phil Green, the owner of Supermodel Agency, said: “The show must go on, and therefore the girls have been asked to do everything on video, which they would have done at the contest venue with a live audience.”

All of the videos are now being watched individually and remotely by a panel of judges, including the current Miss England, Dr. Bhasha Mukherjee; current Miss Lincolnshire, Ella Grace Bayley; former Miss United Kingdom, Nicola Willoughby and Miss England owner/organiser – Angie Beasley.

This will be followed by a live interview with each contestant on Zoom.

Among the finalists are Kim Welberry and Kazzia Fox, who are both from Gainsborough.

Kim, 26, is a charity tin coordinator and a keen tractor enthusiast and Kazzia, 17, is a keen golfer.

Kazzia has a 2.9 handicap and is the Lincolnshire junior girl champion and ladies club champion.

And in August Kazzia will be going to America on a golf scholarship at Christian Brothers University, Memphis to further her golf as well as her academic studies

As well as appointing a new Miss Lincolnshire and Miss Yorkshire, there is also a title of “Miss Popularity” being awarded to the contestants in each county receiving the most public votes via a phone app. The voting app can be downloaded from www.missengland.info.

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