Fresh from the Miss England and Mr England Finals…

Wow the Miss England and Mr England finals at the Hilton Metropole Birmingham held last Tuesday 19^th July were out of this world!  Our Team at Fresh were invited along to judge the Miss Fresh Modelesque round (more of that later) and to enjoy the spectacular that is the final in fact…we didn’t get home until 3.00am and some of us are still recovering. 

How do we describe this amazing event? We walked in to a professional red carpet entrance complete with a lady on stilts, who was greeting all the guests and obviously we thoroughly enjoyed the professional procession into the hotel and having our photographs taken for a change! We also mustn’t forget to mention the crowds of families who were there to cheer on their finalist – all looking nervous and excited and dressed up to the nines for the big night. There was a delicious dinner and plenty of fantastic entertainment from the likes of Sugardolls, NVS and Original Movements.  A huge 600 people attended this superb event and the atmosphere was electric from the moment we stepped out of the car and onto that red carpet.

The judging panel included our leader from Fresh, Charlie Kaufman, and the current Miss World, Kaiane Aldorino, Dragons Den’s Richard Fairleigh and the 2001 Miss England winner Sally Kettle.  Starstruck?  Us? Oh yes!  Fresh’s own Charlotte Holmes was looking beautiful as always in a dramatic long white dress and was a big part of the final, doing a fantastic job walking around the entire evening chatting to everyone while presenting for the online live stream.

The Fresh Academy was also there to judge Miss Fresh Modelesque.  All the lucky finalists of Miss England have been into the Fresh studio to have their entry shots taken in two different outfits; a little black dress and more casual sportswear.  It’s up to us to make the hard decision of who is the most photogenic and we announce the winner on the night of the final.  We were delighted to crown Georgia Coultas with the Miss Fresh Modelesque title and prize of a Fresh Academy photo shoot complete with a £1000 portfolio and a wall canvas.  Well deserved Georgia!

The actual final was more like a West End show which kept everyone glued to the stage – the Mr England finalists showed off how debonair they looked in a selection of smart business suits and not to be outdone the Miss England finalists all looked incredible in fitted red and white dresses, which visually had massive impact and looked great from where we were sitting.  Both the Mr and Misses took part in the spectacular evening wear section – and some of the outfits were simply breathtaking.  Then there was some fun with the men performing a cowboy scene complete with cowboy hats and lassoes and a performance in sportswear complete with break dancing from Original Movements, who were astounding to watch.

Finally the winners were announced…read on to find out more about our new Mr and Miss England 2011.

It has to be said that the Fresh girls loved both of the finals but maybe Mr England had the edge for us!  The winner of that one being the really gorgeous 19 year old Roland Johnson, he beat 12 other handsome finalists to scoop the title.  Those lucky girls who live in his home town of Godalming must be queuing up.  We bet he’ll be too busy to date over the summer what with his new modelling contract as well as appearances with his band too.  Talent and looks – Roland’s got it all! It must have been a really hard call for the judges because we thought they were all just gorgeous.

 

Miss England was given her crown by the 2010 winner, Jessica Linley, and beating all the other finalists to the throne Miss Everymodel, Alize Mounter took the crown.  The stunning 22 year old that actually comes from Wales but lives in Kensington in London was truly the star of the show. Alize is no stranger to modelling as she has already been on our favourite reality show, Britain’s Next Model, and she’s also nobody’s fool either currently studying journalism at Roehampton University.  Can we just say that we think the Mr England and Miss England would make a beautiful couple…?

We wish Alize luck for Miss World on 6^th November – and we’ll be reporting back on that incredible event so watch this space!