Posted on 07/20/2009 11:10:32 PM PDT by Steelfish
Victory for Linford Christie's niece as she becomes first black Miss England
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 21st July 2009
Linford Christie's niece was crowned the first black Miss England in the competition's history today. [Pic in URL]
Rachel Christie, 20, who is also on course to appear at the London 2012 Olympics, chased down the competition to claim the prestigious prize at the event in central London.
The Londoner who specialises in the heptathlon, was one of the bookies' favourites to win the competition.
Rachel Christie, who was named as the winner of Miss England 2009 at the Metropole Hilton Hotel in London last night
But the event was marred by spectators who gathered outside the entrance of Metropole Hilton Hotel to denounce the competition as sexist.
Protesters held aloft banners bearing slogans 'every woman is a queen' and 'beauty is not skin deep'.
The protest echoes similar demonstrations held last year when the Miss University London competition was branded as 'misogynist' by some student groups.
But Ms Christie seemed unperturbed by such worries, telling competition organisers: 'My ambition in life is to compete and win gold in the 2012 Olympics.
'I would also love to do well in Miss England, I want to be successful in whatever I choose to do in life.'
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Eh, somethin’ ain’t doing it for me.
Looks good to me !
I bet they don’t have a Miss Black England contest over there . And rightly so .
She is not the best looking women in England by a long shot. She will probably lose to Russia, Ukraine, America, or Brazil.
Please do not post that famous Michelle Obama picture.
That chubby girl on the right. I’d hit it.
Much better. I’ll bet she had to go to America to get those teeth, especially since Labour outlawed dentistry in the UK back in 1945.
She looks like a he.
racism alive and well in the world as long as the media keeps reporting this way....why can’t they just report who she is and that she won...nope always has to be first black this and first black that....keep fueling the fires of hate media....
Sorry, but she is a tad hogly.
For an English chick, she's an 11 !
Hey, who are calling chubby? That’s my future ex-wife you’re talking about, FRiend.
Thanks for the pic. Prefer last year’s winner! Far more attractive. If they wanted to pick a black female, they sure could have found someone far more attractive.
“Thanks for the pic. Prefer last year’s winner! Far more attractive. If they wanted to pick a black female, they sure could have found someone far more attractive.”
Maybe they were using the same criteria we used for picking our POtuS.
Maybe she had a wonderful, sparkling personality. :)
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