Bhasha Mukherjee, a 23-year-old Indian-origin doctor has been crowned Miss England after fending off competition from dozens of other models. She has holds two different medical degrees, has an IQ of 146, making her officially a ‘genius’ and is fluent in five languages, reports The Daily Mail.
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She was due to start her new job as a junior doctor in a hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, just hours after the Miss England final.
“Some people might think pageant girls are airheads, but we all stand for a cause,” she said before the contest.
“My pageant career all started to happen while I was in the middle of studying at medical school – it took a lot of convincing for me to do it, but eventually I decided to do it to balance out my studying and give me a break.”
Mukherjee was born in India. Her family relocated to the UK when she was nine.
She went onto complete two bachelor degrees: one in medical sciences and one in medicine and surgery from the University of Nottingham.
As winner of Miss England, she will be entered into the Miss World contest and will also bag a holiday to Mauritius.
About the Miss England contest :
The Miss England contest, title owned by the Miss World organization is organized each year by Angie Beasley, a winner of 25 beauty contests in the 1980s and has organized beauty pageants around the country on behalf of Miss World, including Miss United Kingdom, Mr UK, Miss England, Miss Scotland and Miss Wales.
Winners :
- 2019- Bhasha Mukherjee Derby
- 2018- Alisha Cowie
- 2017- Stephanie Hill
- 2016- Elizabeth Grant
- 2015- Natasha Hemmings
- 2014- Carina Tyrrell
- 2013- Kirsty Heslewood
- 2012- Charlotte Holmes
- 2011- Alize Lily Mounter
- 2010- Jessica Linley
