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Bh Bhasha sought out therap therapy and took up modelli modelling as a way to find balance and a a break from her studies. She said: “Things slowly started start to improve. What I’ve done at a each stage is find something to hold on to. Something positive to take me out of that dark place.

“I did charity work and modelling. It gave me more of a life outside of my studies. I did cognitive behavioural therapy. Now I can spot the signs.

“Sometimes when you are in that dark well it becomes your reality and you lose perspective of the world outside it.

“A lot of people who are going through mental health problems reject the world. My advice is, seek out help, let people in and let them help you.”

Bhasha also set up her own charity called the Generation Bridge Project, which organises events at care homes, while still in school.

She even auditioned for Love Island and almost made it as a contestant on this year’s show.

Bhasha said: “I got through almost all the way. I think there were some problems with the medical history side of things. It was a challenge. I’d never even seen the show. Now I’m kind of glad that didn’t happen because if I had gone there I wouldn’t have become Miss England.”

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