Musical Theatre student from Leicester Grace Richardson (18) first entered a
competition in the summer of 2023 having read about famous actresses and models
starting off in pageants.
Oscar winners Halle Berry Michelle Yeoh competed at Miss World and Priyanka Chopra won Miss World ! After deciding to go for it and auditioning with Award winning photographer Stu Williamson Photography in Kibworth , Grace was then chosen as a finalist for the Miss Leicestershire contest.
Grace won the county title in February at Kibworth Grammar school & this fast tracked Grace in to the final of Miss England in May where she reached 12th runner up place out of thousands of entries received. Since then along with her studies , Grace was invited by the Miss England director to apply for the Supertalent contest which holds high end fashion shows with couture designers across the world at Fashion weeks.
The Supertalent Paris organisers invited Grace and two other Miss England finalists to join the show and Grace ended up rooming with the eventual winner in Paris ! (Paige Loren , winner of FabUK Top Model) Grace chose to go for two additional days to make the most of the sightseeing in one of the most famous cities in the world .
Read Graces diary on the Miss England App out now, the app is FREE to download