NURSE’S CROWNING GLORY
For this caring beauty queen, there is more to winning a title than looks and self-promotion
MOST days she’s a busy special oncology nurse at Gold Coast University Hospital – but Charlotte Cush often swaps her uniform to strut her stuff on pageant stages around the world.
“Most people’s perception of pageants is a focus on beauty and self-promotion, however these are misconceptions that belong back in the ’80s,” the leggy brunette tells ATG.
Charlotte won the Ms Galaxy Australia national final held on the Gold Coast last weekend.
She previously claimed the 2018 Miss Hawaiian Tropic, 2016
Miss Supercars and was in the top five Internationals at Swimsuit
USA 2019, but she firmly set her sights on Ms Galaxy Australia.
“I entered because l wanted a new challenge and I knew this pageant had a very specific focus on the winners making a measurable contribution to their community and not just winning a crown or title.”
Thankfully there were no behind-the-scene dramas at the final.
“At the Swimsuit USA International competition only a few minutes before I stepped on stage my dress was trashed by a competitor and covered in concealer.
“This time l can thankfully say the ladies were very kind and supported each other.”
She says fitting it all in is difficult but co-workers and patients lap up her alter-ego. “My colleagues and especially my patients love to hear about my life outside of work.”
Charlotte will represent Australia at the Galaxy International Pageant in at Chicago in July.