17 year old Angel Patel is a 1st year A Level student at Prince Henry ‘s Grammar School in Otley Leeds. She has recently been selected as a semi finalist in Miss England as the Asian Face of Miss England making her the youngest British Asian to get to this stage.
When she was 2 years old she won child of the year for Pudsey before taking part in Britain’s Junior Miss at the age of 15 where she represented Leeds.
At this young age she has visited India in the past year twice where she has been to a girls orphanage in Saputara and donated personal items to the girls and also educational items. She has also visited the famous slums in Dharavi and spent the day experiencing what life is like to live in slums of India.
Getting to this stage of the semi finals of Miss England is a proud moment for her . She is very nervous as it is the first time she has been involved in something so big and well recognised. She hopes that she can be an inspiration to other young British Asian girls and promote that beauty is not what’s on the outside but true beauty is what’s in the inside and also to eliminate the stereotypical attitude people have about beauty pageants. She has been a great support to her mum who has been suffering with severe mental health problems.
Angel would like to say a huge thanks to her mum who has been her biggest support for getting her to this stage in the competition. She has also added I want to make my mum and dad and all my family proud of me . Winning isn’t important to me but I feel honoured to be at this stage of the competition and also because I am the youngest British Asian contestant.
