The New Miss Surrey A Beautiful Size 16 Girl

Yesterday 16 year-old Chloe Marshall beat many other slimmer hopefuls to be crowned Miss Surrey. She is on her way to the Miss England competition.

The full article in the Daily Mail states that the teenager, who has been signed up by the Models Plus agency, said most of her rivals were size eight or ten.

The article quotes Chloe as saying:

“Everybody thinks you have to be a tall, slim blonde and I’m a curvy brunette,” she added. “I want to show it is possible to be beautiful and not a standard size zero.

“The reaction I’ve had is great. Other girls have told me I have really boosted their confidence, which is terrific.”

No matter your personal feelings about beauty competitions I think that this is a fantastic step towards sanity in a thin-obsessed world.