Teacher scoops top beauty prize

Town teacher wins top beauty pageant in States

A NUNEATON teacher proves you can have beauty as well as brains after scooping a global crown.

Jayne Bradshaw, who teaches PE and maths at George Eliot School, swapped her trainers for stilettos when she took part in the International Beauty Pageant in Las Vegas, representing the UK.

She strutted away with six awards, including the main ‘Mrs Regency International UK’ title in the competition, known in the industry as the ‘Mrs’ to the Miss World competition.

The 36-year-old hopes that her win will inspire others.

“I want to be a voice to other ladies that pageants aren’t just for young people,” the Rugby-based resident said.

“You can be older, and married, and still go out there and perform.”

She booked her place in the final after winning the Mrs Diamond competition, meaning she was the UK’s representative in the pageant.

But she didn’t in her wildest dreams think she would walk away with so many awards, including the main title.

Mrs Bradshaw won the ‘Community Award’ for her work with the Girl Guides, and the ‘Charity’ award for raising over £2000 for Coventry & Warwickshire MIND – a cause close to her heart. “As a teacher, I know that young people can suffer from different mental health issues and I know that Coventry and Warwickshire MIND do fantastic work,” she explained.

“I went along to one of the hubs, it was towards the end of the summer term and I saw how the young people were enjoying themselves and being given support and it reaffirmed to me the projects and support they offer is so, so important.”

Jayne, who has taught at the Raveloe Drive-based school for eleven years, also won the ‘Photogenic,’ ‘Public Vote,’ Congeniality’ and ‘Publicity’ awards during the competition in Las Vegas.

So she returned home with a total of six of the seven titles available, as well as the main crown, which she hopes to use to help others.

“I just hope that I can inspire and encourage people to just go for it,” she said.

She cannot wait to show the students at the secondary school when term starts again next month – in fact many of them helped her to win the title. We were asked to collect bottle tops for a charity that uses them to help buy wheelchairs,” she explained.

“So many of the students and the staff got behind it, they were bringing them in from home and putting them in a bucket, and collecting them at lunch time and bringing them in for me, they were brilliant. I am going to take my sash and crown in on the first day of term to show them (the students), I think they will be buzzing to see it and I want to show them that this sort of thing can happen to ‘real’ people. I hope that it boosts their confidence that they could do something like this.”

The beauty, who has her own page on Facebook ‘Jayne-Louise,’ will hold the titles for a year before returning to Las Vegas next year to hand over the crown.

“If anyone would like me to help them promote an event, I would love for them to get in touch.”

People can contact Jayne via her page on Facebook.