Cheshire beauties 2011 (From Warrington Guardian)

Cheshire beauties 2011

10:40am Friday 10th June 2011 in Where I Live By Matthew Hobbs

PENKETH teenager Samantha Cross has been voted the hottest girl in Cheshire after winning a prestigious beauty competiton.

The 17-year-old has been crowned Miss Cheshire 2011 and will go on to compete for the Miss England title in July.

Samantha, of Woodcroft Farm, Tannery Lane, said: “I was so shocked to win, it was unbelievable. I’ve never done anything like this before and the other girls were so confident I thought ‘I’ve got no chance of winning’.

“I was kneeling at the back when they announced the winner wondering what to have to eat when I got in.

“The other girls were all crowded together saying they thought they had won.

“When they read out my name I was stunned.”

The Priestley College student was invited to enter the competition after being scouted in the town centre.

“I was walking through town to get a smoothie and someone came up to me – I thought they were trying to sell me something,” said Samantha.

“Then they asked me to do pictures and enter the competition.”

In addition to modelling, entrants were also required to raise cash for the Variety Club.

Samantha made £240 with a race night in Altrincham.

Emma-Jane Clarke, who works at Starbucks in Warrington, won Miss Charity Cheshire after she raised £1,000 for the Variety Club.

The 19-year-old said: “To have been awarded the title of Miss Charity Cheshire is such an honour and a privilege. It made a wonderful evening into the perfect night and it’s a memory I’ll treasure forever”

After congratulations from friends on Facebook, Miss Cheshire 2011 Samantha is now looking forward to competing for the Miss England crown next month.

“I’m flying back from a holiday to Majorca to attend so I’m really excited.

“All of the girls will be amazing, and some have been modelling for a long time, so I don’t know if I can win, but the whole thing has been an amazing experience.”