The Race Is On for This Year's Crown ; As Preparations Begin for the Annual Miss Staffordshire Contest, Zita Collinson Steps Behind the Scenes to Discover What's in Store for Next Year's Hopefuls As They Vie to Win the Prestigious Crown

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › December 31, 2011

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BEAUTY pageants may have suffered from an image crisis in recent years but the events remain as popular as ever. In America, pageantry is big business. There are a dizzying number of titles to be won across the country and it seems as though Britain is following suit.

The annual Miss England competition has been running in one form or another since the late 1920s and has successfully weathered accusations from critics that the contests are degrading to women.

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The Race Is On for This Year's Crown ; As Preparations Begin for the Annual Miss Staffordshire Contest, Zita Collinson Steps Behind the Scenes to Discover What's in Store for Next Year's Hopefuls As They Vie to Win the Prestigious Crown

Next year will be the third time Uttoxeter Racecourse has hosted the Miss Staffordshire competition, and organisers are already making preparations ...

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