The first black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Great Britain in the pageant’s 66-year history has called it “a great achievement”.
Dee-Ann Kentish-Rogers has told Newsbeat competing was “the best experience of my life”.
Miss Universe GB selects Britain’s representative for the Miss Universe contest.
Dee-Ann will now go on to represent Great Britain in the 67th Miss Universe pageant later this year.
“I’ve come to the realisation that I’ve not only won the pageant as Dee-Ann, but as a black woman,” she says.
The 25-year-old from Anguilla, a British overseas territory, says she’s received several humbling messages since winning the pageant, including those from mothers on behalf of their daughters.
“Some individuals have reached out to me in a personal capacity just to say that my win feels like a win for them.
“As it got closer to the competition, I started to feel the magnitude of what this could mean if I were to get the crown, not just for black women, but for Great Britain as a whole.”
SOURCE -BBC NEWS
