A PADGATE teen will compete in the final of a national beauty pageant later this month.

Warrington Collegiate childcare student Ella Jayne Procter, 17, will represent Cheshire in the final of Miss Teen Great Britain.

She said: “I’m dead excited, I can’t wait for it.

“I got through to the semi final and the judges decided to put me through, it was all done online before that.

“This is my first time in a contest – at first I thought it would just be a competition that I didn’t think anything would happen.

“Hopefully I can win, I’m up against people from across the country.”

Ella, who wants to be a primary school teacher and works part time at an indoor trampoline park, will be taking part in the contest at the Globe in Blackpool on October 27 with sponsorship from Sassi Hair in Padgate.