Who says you can't shoot a gun and wear heels? just let us know.....
Here is Miss England, Katrina Hodge, who is also a British soldier, may not be doing both simultaneously, but she sure knows how to conquer the battlefield and rock a pageant runway.
Also known as "Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge," she has represented England at the 2009 Miss World championship in South Africa and is face of the lingerie company La Senza as the Face of our Armed Forces campaign.
Hodge, 22, is redefining beauty and helping to change Miss England's platform for judging its contestants. For the first time in many years, Miss England won't have a swimwear round this year.
Although she looks great in a swimsuit, she tells Britain's Telegraph that the swimsuit portion of the competition is not always fair.
"I think it's nerve-racking enough for girls to get up on a stage and speak, let alone appear in a swimsuit," Hodge told Britain's Telegraph.
Given the moniker, "Combat Barbie" by her fellow Army comrades," Hodge is thrilled that the contestants will be given the chance to show off their athletic abilities in this year's competition.
"It's good the girls are being given a sports challenge in this year's competition," she added.
Miss England pageant officials are on board with the change.
"We have found that our yearly winner of Miss England hardly ever has to appear in swimwear for public events and its an unessary section of the competition," Angie Beasley, director of Miss England Limited told CBS News. "We also feel its a good way of bringing the pageant up to date, as the swimwear round often put contestants off from entering."
The British beauty was drawn to serving her country at a young age. She left school at 16 and joined the Army. She went on to be one of only ten women in the Royal Anglians to be posted to Iraq for seven months at the age of 18.
Hodge doesn't play around when she's defending her her country and her Army buddies. While in Iraq, she won a commendation for disarming and detaining a suspected rebel fighter with her bare hands.
"Katrina is a realistic role model and wanted to show she can break the mold by being a soldier and a beauty queen," Beasley said.
Here is Miss England, Katrina Hodge, who is also a British soldier, may not be doing both simultaneously, but she sure knows how to conquer the battlefield and rock a pageant runway.
Also known as "Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge," she has represented England at the 2009 Miss World championship in South Africa and is face of the lingerie company La Senza as the Face of our Armed Forces campaign.
Hodge, 22, is redefining beauty and helping to change Miss England's platform for judging its contestants. For the first time in many years, Miss England won't have a swimwear round this year.
Although she looks great in a swimsuit, she tells Britain's Telegraph that the swimsuit portion of the competition is not always fair.
"I think it's nerve-racking enough for girls to get up on a stage and speak, let alone appear in a swimsuit," Hodge told Britain's Telegraph.
Given the moniker, "Combat Barbie" by her fellow Army comrades," Hodge is thrilled that the contestants will be given the chance to show off their athletic abilities in this year's competition.
"It's good the girls are being given a sports challenge in this year's competition," she added.
Miss England pageant officials are on board with the change.
"We have found that our yearly winner of Miss England hardly ever has to appear in swimwear for public events and its an unessary section of the competition," Angie Beasley, director of Miss England Limited told CBS News. "We also feel its a good way of bringing the pageant up to date, as the swimwear round often put contestants off from entering."
The British beauty was drawn to serving her country at a young age. She left school at 16 and joined the Army. She went on to be one of only ten women in the Royal Anglians to be posted to Iraq for seven months at the age of 18.
Hodge doesn't play around when she's defending her her country and her Army buddies. While in Iraq, she won a commendation for disarming and detaining a suspected rebel fighter with her bare hands.
"Katrina is a realistic role model and wanted to show she can break the mold by being a soldier and a beauty queen," Beasley said.
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