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18th January 2014

London to host Miss World 2014

It’s destination London this winter for more than 100 contestants of Miss World who will head to the British capital for this year’s Miss World pageant. We’ll be there to support Alice…will you? 

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18th July 2013

Gabrielle Is The New Miss Wales

Nineteen year old Gabrielle Shaw from Wrexham has been crowned Miss Wales 2013. It’s the first win for North Wales since Amy Guy, also from Wrexham, took the title back in 2004. Blonde Gabrielle currently manages her mum’s clothing boutique and has been accepted to study at the Lon..

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18th July 2012

Miss Wales comes second in Miss World!

Miss Wales 2012, Sophie Moulds, has taken second place at the Miss World final! Nineteen-year-old Sophie from Ferndale in the Rhondda Valley is the highest placing British contestant in the international beauty pageant since the 1980s. The overall winner was Wenxia Xu from China. Sophie came th..

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12th May 2012

Sophie Moulds is the new Miss Wales

  Nineteen year old Sophie Moulds from Ferndale in Rhondda Cynon Taff has been crowned Miss Wales 2012. The 5’ 10” business student is in her first year at Cardiff University and will now go on to represent Wales at Miss World in Mongolia this summer. Sophie was one of 47 you..

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18th May 2011

A happy ending!

We love a happy ending and had the goosebumps when we received this message…. I was a Miss Wales finalist in 2010 after becoming a runner up for Miss Caerphilly. The experience was amazing and will stay with me for the rest of my life for many reasons. The year I participated in Miss Wa..

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3rd May 2011

Pocket-sized Sara is the new Miss Wales

  Pocket-sized Sara Manchipp from Baglan has been crowned Miss Wales 2011 and will now go on to represent Wales at Miss World later this year. 5'3" Sara was chosen by a panel of 11 judges including four former Miss Wales winners (Claire Evans who was Miss Wales 2005, Sarah Fleming who won..

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18th April 2011

Miss Wales finalists walk on fire

The finalists of Miss Wales 2011 will walk barefoot over hot coals this year as part of the three-day grand final, which will culminate in the crowning of the new Miss Wales. The women – all chosen from 22 local authority heats across the country – will take the barefoot walk during a..

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18th May 2010

Congratulations Mark and Sam!

We are thrilled to hear that Mister Wales 2009, Mark Tancock, and Miss Merthyr Tydfil 2009, Samantha Hawkins have got engaged. They met through the Miss Wales competition and are both the most fantastic of people. The Miss Wales team wishes you both the very best for the future.

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