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I was a beauty pageant queen at 13. This is the horrifying truth about how I was covered in make-up, made to prove I was a 'good girl' and had to model swimwear in heels for male judges: ELLA COLLINS-GODDEN

I was a beauty pageant queen at 13. This is the horrifying truth about how I was covered in make-up, made to prove I was a 'good girl' and had to model swimwear in heels for male judges: ELLA COLLINS-GODDEN
Many people have no idea teenage beauty pageants exist in modern Britain, and they certainly don't realise how popular they are, says former contestant Ella Collins-Godden.

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