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Aerospace engineering student who was bullied for her ginger hair gets crowned as Miss England 2022

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Published 22:04 18 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Aerospace engineering student who was bullied for her ginger hair gets crowned as Miss England 2022

Jessica Gagen is the first redhead to win in the pageant's 94 year history.

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

A student who was mercilessly bullied at school for her flowing ginger locks has become the first redhead ever to win the Miss England crown.

Jessica Gagen, 26, stole the prize from the clutches of 30 other beauty queens at the glamorous event, which was held in Birmingham this week.

The aerospace engineering student will now go on to compete on behalf of England at the Miss World titles.

The Lancashire woman revealed that she was brutally bullied at school for her copper toned tresses and decided to speak out about it.

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Miss England 2022 Jessica Gagen.
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"Throughout secondary school I was teased for being a redhead," she said.

"I didn’t mention it much during last year’s competition as I’m a big believer in leaving negativity in the past, but with there never having been a red-haired Miss England I feel it’s important to educate people about what redheads face in school and empower kids who are facing the same things I did."

The 26-year-old stunner revealed she was called names, hit, spat at, and had things thrown at her head quite a few times.

"[The worst time] was when a girl burned me for having ginger hair."

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But she haas had the last laugh after she was signed to multiple agencies when she turned 18 and modelled on international catwalks.

Miss England 2022 Jessica Gagen.
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The Skelmersdale 26-year-old also revealed her ulterior motive for entering in the Miss England pageant: to push for further interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) for students.

"For me, by competing in Miss England, my campaign last year and this year is to help people get girls into STEM subjects," she said.

"But after realising there has never been a redhead winner, I looked back and I was thinking there are not that many redheads on TV."

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She add-d: "I think it would be so good if there could be somebody in that kind of position who is a redhead. Even last year there wasn't one redhead in Miss World."

Miss England 2022 Jessica Gagen.
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The stunning science student is the first redhead to win in Miss England's 94-year history.

Gagen added that while on the stage she strutted her stuff for all the ginger kids out there.

"I thought if I could win this, I could empower kids who are being bullied for the way that they look and the colour of their hair," the British beauty said.

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"It is nice to be able to represent the younger kids and say 'I have been through it and you can use that pain to raise your game'. Make it your superpower."

Featured Image Credit: SWNS.

Topics: News, UK News, Fashion, Good News, Mental Health

Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang is a Digital Journalist at LADbible. During her career, she has interviewed Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull in the lead up to the 2016 federal election, ran an editorial campaign on the war in Yemen, and reported on homelessness in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor. She also once wrote a yarn on the cheese and wine version of Fyre Festival.

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