Melisa Raouf, is a young Miss England finalist who made history in nearly 100 years of pageant beauty, when she became the first contestant queen to compete without makeup. He made this decision because, according to him, he decided to decide the practice imposed on many of these women.

In an interview with the newspaper independent from England, Raouf assures:

It means a lot to me because I feel like many women of all ages wear makeup because they feel pressured to do so. If you are happy with your own skin, you don’t have to force yourself to cover your face with makeup. Our flaws make us who we are and that is what makes each individual unique.

In addition, she assures that personally, she has never felt that she meets the beauty standards imposed by society. “I’ve never felt up to standards of beauty. I recently accepted that I’m beautiful in my own skin and that’s why I decided to compete without makeup.”

Raouf, a 20-year-old political university student, was born in South London. Now, she is preparing to compete in the contest finale in October, at that stage of the competition she will also be risking her natural beauty, as she will also not be wearing makeup.

The young queen breaks the paradigm of this type of contest where beauty plays a fundamental role / @melisaraouf

Miss England History

The pageant is 94 years old since its founding in 1928. It is currently owned by the Miss World organization and annually led by Angie Beasley, who has won 25 beauty pageants in the 1980s. pageants such as Miss United Kingdom, Miss England, Miss Scotland and Miss Wales. From all these contests emerged candidates who represented England at Miss World.

Among the contestants the most notable are:

Alize Lily Mounter

Alize Lily Mounter is currently an actress and journalist / @alize_lily

Mounter won the crown at Miss England in 2011, she is a representative of Every Modely magazine and became the second queen to win the title without being British, because she is Welsh. This fact caught the attention of the media and the decision to allow him to participate in this contest as he had lived in Kensington for many years.

Carina Tyrrell

Tyrrell is one of the most successful pageant queens / @carina_tyrrell_official

Carina Tyrrell is an English-Swiss medical doctor specializing in public health, as well as a model and charity ambassador. She won the title in 2014 and also represented England at MissWorld that same year. She is one of the most famous pageant queens for being the first woman to participate in a beauty pageant from one of the best universities in the world, Murray Edwards College in Cambridge.

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