Alize Mounter
Early life and education
Mounter was born in Church Village, South Wales, to a Welsh father and Hungarian mother.
Mounter moved to London after appearing as a finalist on Britain's Next Top Model. She then went on for further education and studied for a BA degree in Journalism and Drama at Roehampton University.
Pageantry
Miss England
At the Miss England 2011, she represented Every Model magazine and won the title. She is the second Miss England winner of non-English heritage. She gained considerable media attention for being a Welsh, Miss England winner. She was allowed to participate in Miss England because she had been living in Kensington, London for several years before the competition.
During her time as Miss England she travelled to various countries promoting Miss England pageant. These countries included; France, Thailand, Mauritius, Mexico, Dubai, Gibraltar and Egypt. After her visit to Mauritius the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority then became the official sponsor of Miss England 2012. Mounter raised over £5,000 for Beauty with a Purpose and Help the Heroes and listed green issues as being very important in her life.
Mounter has also been the judge at several pageant shows including Miss Hampshire 2011 and Miss England Beach Beauty 2012.
Miss World
At Miss World 2011, she was awarded the winner of the Miss World Beach Beauty competition. She made the Top 7 (and was ranked 4th place overall) in the competition. She came 4th runner up in the Top Model round, and top 20 in Beauty with a Purpose. Mounter also received the Continental Queen of Beauty title as Miss World Europe for the highest ranked contestant in the European region.
In May 2012 Alize was invited by the Miss World chairman Julia Morley to accompany the organisation to Africa. They visited Ghana and Kenya to help promote Beauty with a Purpose humanitarian projects. She travelled with Miss World 2011 Ivian Sarcos of Venezuela, second runner up Amanda Vilanova of Puerto Rico and Mandla Mandela. On 3 June 2012 she was invited by the Miss World organisation to take part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant of Queen Elizabeth II in London.
References
- ^ "Miss Venezuela wins Miss World crown". The Tribune. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss England winner Alize Mounter is from Wales". BBC. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Meet the Miss Wales hopeful whose cousin has already been crowned Miss England". Wales Online. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Alize Mounter has all the looks, poise and elegance to be Miss England – but unfortunately she's Welsh". Mirror. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss Everymodel Alize Lily Mounter". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss England is actually Miss Wales". FHM. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Roehampton University student Alize Mounter crowned Miss England". This is Local London. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss Hampshire 2012 winner to be decided today at WestQuay". Daily Echo. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss England beauties head for Bay's Torre Abbey Sands". Toquay Herald Express. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Miss World The Metro". Metro. November 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Humanitarian project Africa". The Serena Experience. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Cancer Research UK". Kensington and Chelsea Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
External links
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