Anika Walia, age 23 who is currently a dentist has now won a place in the Miss
England Grand Final. Anika has set up her own charity called AFC which stands
for Anika’s food charity.
Anika has also won the title of Miss Charity Queen in the Miss England semi-finals,
being the contestant who has raised the most funds for charity so far. She
has raised over £4000 for Beauty With A Purpose Charity which helps disadvantaged
children worldwide.
She has also founded her own charity called Anika Food Charity (AFC, registration
no: 1180069). Anika Food Charity is also her Beauty With A Purpose project
for Miss England. Through her charity, she has been able to provide for underprivileged
children and families by distributing food, and other basic necessities
(such as quilts, blankets, sanitary kits, sleeping bags etc ) to homeless families,
refugees, homeless individuals, asylum seekers, suicide attempt victims and domestic
violence sufferers.
She also provides the necessary support and counselling
to help them. She has also provided classes to help people rehabilitate back
into society such as CV writing classes and cooking classes. On average, she delivers
to over 120-150 people every week. She has also raised funds for underprivileged
children in India, for their educational costs and dental and medical
checkup and treatment fees. she has also organised several workshops in the
slum areas of India for children and women on menstrual hygiene, diet, dental
hygiene and hygiene. She has also taken English classes and taught the children
there. In the past, she has raised funds for both Marie Curie and WOHAA charities
(over £1,500).
One of AFC’s upcoming projects is to install a sanitary pad making machine near
Faridabad city, Haryana state, India to provide the poor women there with employment
and a means to take care of their menstrual hygiene.
Anika says “Through my Beauty With A Purpose project, I make it my mission to
empower others to achieve equality and the right to live with dignity and self-esteem.
If I had the opportunity to win the title of Miss England, it will provide me
with a platform to advocate for social causes that I truly believe in and be a voice
for the voiceless”.
The Gainford Group based in Newcastle are the 2019 hosts for the contest as the
reigning Miss England Alisha Cowie is a former Miss Newcastle! In association
with Mauritius Tourism, the contest will be held over a 2day period with a series
of different rounds for the contestants to compete in. The final will take place in
the two day contest on 31st July & 1st August in the City of Newcastle.
Alisha was the very first Miss Newcastle to represent England at Miss World . Alisha
has just returned from a luxury holiday in Mauritius after she was invited as
a special guest at the World Travel Awards on the paradise island.
Over the last 12 years, Miss England has continued to change with the times and
banned the swimwear parade back in 2009, before Miss America ever did . Director
of Miss England Angie Beasley recently launched the BARE FACE TOP
MODEL round in Miss England , where contestants are invited to post photos of
themselves with no make up which has made international news .
Fascia Models International are scouting for new faces at the Miss England final.
The contest also has an Ethical Fashion round & with this years theme
#WEARITGREEN to promote recycling. The contestants are invited to create
themselves and outfit from recycled materials & clothing for the catwalk, participate
in a Sports round and raise funds using the contest ethos Beauty with a Purpose
. There are other exciting rounds like a Stages Miss Beautiful Hair contest ,
a talent round and a general knowledge quiz !
MISS ENGLAND IS BEAUTY WITH A PURPOSE – £50k already raised in 2019 !
Two Miss England semi finals held in the Midlands this year have raised in excess
of £20k for the CHILDRENS CANCER & LEUKAEMIA charity & HOPE
AGAINST CANCER & almost £30 for the Papyrus Suicide Prevention charity in
the Midlands North and South semi finals . Alisha Cowie is an ambassador for the
the Papyrus charity and has appeared on the BBC Breakfast talking about how
the suicide of her best friend affected her when she was just aged 14 and the
harmful affects of social media can have on youngsters today, one of the reasons
for launching the new no make up round in the contest.
The Grand final of Miss England is supporting the Chronicle Sunshine fund which
helps disabled youngsters as this is the nominated charity for Miss Newcastle .
Finalists in the Newcastle heat already raised a record breaking £30,000 for the
charity this year.
Miss England has raised over £500k in the last 10 years for deserving charities
across the country . To see some of the projects the contest has funded please
visit the Beauty with a Purpose section of the Miss England website.
https://www.missengland.info/beauty-with-a-purpose/
54 women from across the country will be taking part from the initial 20k entries
received over the last 12 months!
The winner will represent England at Miss World and win a Luxury Holiday to
Mauritius & a wardrobe of dresses to take to Miss World from Ellie Wilde at Mon
Cheri , a Photo shoot and portfolio and own personalised website & more.
For more details please contact press@missengland.info
To see all this years Miss England finalists visit this page ;
https://www.missengland.info/qualifiers/finals/
