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Some news for you:

Nisha Reedtz has recently been crowned as Ms Great Britain London. Miss Great Britain is a  national beauty contest held annually in Britain since 1945. It is Britain’s longest-running and most prestigious beauty pageant

This is the first time a British Bangladeshi woman has ever won a title like this in the UK. Nisha is a qualified solicitor and currently doing her PhD at King’s College, London.

She is very proud to represent the diversity in London, especially in a time where there has been a lot of racially motivated violence in the UK. She hopes to be a positive role model to younger women from ethnic minority and working class backgrounds.

She is starting an initiative where qualified lawyers do workshops and build mentoring relationships with children in state schools in the most disadvantaged areas in London to get basic skills they will need in a career in law including public speaking, debating and negotiation skills. The lawyers will be people who are also from disadvantaged backgrounds or from ethnic minority groups. It’s crucial these children see people who have had similar start in life to see others like them defy the odds and obstacles and change their life for the better. Sometimes breaking the cycle of poverty can begin with something as simple as having a role model,  believing in yourself and being given the right tools to achieve your dreams.

Nisha will go to the national finals in October, which is taking place in Leicester Athena to represent London. She hopes to win the Ms GB title and bring the title home to London!

Some photos:

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-KZI7Goi8R/?img_index=1

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-aiqXwoFjM/?img_index=1

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9c7XnIMf6u/

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