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2nd October 2006 - Entries for 2007
We are going to be doing some very exciting and different things this year for the competition.  They will be announced on the new website very shortly so keep checking back.

 

 

 

1st October 2006 - New website
It has been a while in the makeing but we can assure you it will be worth it when you see the Band new Miss GB website.  Keep your eyes peeled, its nearly complete!

 

 

27thJune 2006 - On their way
To everybody who has ordered a dvd, they are on their way out today.  We look forward to hearing your feedback.

 

 

19thJune 2006 - Party is over
We had our party on Tuesday and it was a  great success.  Many of last years contestants came along as did celebrities including Ricardo, Anton Ferdinand, Jimmi Harkishin, Christine and Neil Hamilton and many more.  We are deffinately looking forward to the next party.

 

 

13thJune 2006 - Danielle James, a Star
One of our Miss GB 2006 finalists is on the front cover of todays Daily Star newspaper.  Well done Danielle!!

 

 

12th June 2006 - Last chance for PARTY!!!
The Miss GB reunion party is Tuesday 13th June at the Embassy club in London.  If you aren't on the guest list and want to come please email us asap.

 

 

 

30th May 2006 - DVD now for sale!!!

We are pleased to announce that we are now taking orders for the official Miss Great Britain dvd.  The dvd is 30 minutes long and is £­­­25.00 including P+P.  Please contact us for an order form.  We only have a limited number available, so it will be on a first come first served basis.

 

 

 

16th May 2006 - PARTY - Tuesday 13th June

The reunion party has been confirmed for Tuesday the 13th June.  The venue is at The Embassy Club, Old Burlington Street, London.  If you are not on our mailing list and would like an invite please contat us asap.

 

 

 

10th May 2006 - Reunion Party - updated

We have organised a reunion party at the Embassy club in London, date will be released as soon as possible.

 

 

 

8th May 2006 - DVD.
Our DVD will be available to buy from the end of May. More information shortly.

4th May 2006 - Sneak Magazine.
Our very own number 01 from the 2006 competition, Gemma-Louise Cunningham, is in Sneak magazine this week on pages 26-27 talking about the competition.

 


2nd May 2006 - Next Years date announced.
We would like to let everybody know that the date for the final next year is the 21st May 2007. Put this in your diary now to make sure you keep it free. If you would like to purchase tables or tickets please visit our contact page and let us know.

 


25th April 2006 - Judges results up.
Visit The 'final' page to see the judges results in detail.

 


24th April 2006 - Film script in process.
The Miss GB team have commissioned a script to be written based on the pageant. We are very excited about thisand we should have the first draft in a few weeks.

 


4th April 2006 - Results are online.

The results for all the contestants are online on the 'finalists' page.

 


1st April 2006 - Robert de Keyser buys out Liz Fuller.
Robert de Keyser is now the sole owner of Miss Great Britain. Liz has decided she wishes to make her television career her main priority. Robert is only to happy to take over the competition. We wish Liz Fuller the best and look forward to seeing her at the Grand final next year.

 


27th February 2006 - Congratulations to all girls for a wonderful Grand Final.
All 48 girls you did us extremely proud! Here are the final results with top 5: Winner Miss Great britain 2006- Danielle Lloyd, 1st Runner Up Basildon- Louise White, 2nd Runner Up St Helens - Andrea Clay, 3rd Runner Up Manchester - Rachael Cordingley, and 4th Runner Up Warrington - Preeti Desai. Other girls making the Top 12 included St Albans - Hayley Tompkins, Chichester - Louise Cole, Watford - Leila Cook, South London - Oreke Mosheshe, Lincoln - Hollie Hughes, Wolverhampton - Natalie Weston, Belfast - Orlaith Mcallister.

 


27th February 2006 - Congratulations to Danielle LLoyd Miss Great Britain 2006!
The Grand Final of Miss Great Britain saturday night was a huge success, a very well done and warm welcome from Miss GB To Danielle. We are sure you will make a wonderful ambassador for us. All the 48 contestants should feel extremely proud as everyone really looked amazing; beautiful, warm, friendly and above all came across to so confidently. Thank you once again To BarterCard our official headline sponsor, to the magnificent RiverBank Park plaza Hotel, to all our sponsors and also to the 1100 audience in the room, you really made it the success it is.

 


25th February 2006 - Good Luck to all the regional contestants tonight at the Final of Miss Great Britain!
Tonight almost 50 girls will compete for the most prestigious title Miss Great Britain 2006 in the most amazing ballroom our country has to offer, The Great Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, Mayfair. The Miss Great Britain Organisation are looking forward to the show, and wish to thank all sponsors,prize givers and wish each and every girl the very best of luck!

 


The Great Room of Grosvenor House Hotel25th February 2006 - Thank you to VANQUISH WINES and Vermeer Dutch chocolate Liqueur
for sponsoring the Pre-Cocktail Party last night in the beautiful candlelit Thames Room at The Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel. Jimmy Metta of Vanquish and Matthew Steeples of Vermeer. Thanks again for a wonderful night!

 

 


24th February - Miss Great Britain finalists arrive for photo call with all british press.
This morning all finalists arrived in the Thames room overlooking Big Ben wearing Union Jack sparkly bikinis at The RiverBank Park Plaza Hotel for a national press call.

 


24th February
- Skybet have published their 10 favourites to win Miss GB.
The Miss GB organisation are extremely proud of all of the contestants, and look forward to the judges deciding on the night. If you do want a flutter check out skybet.com

 


23rd February - JERMAINE DEFOE the Tottenham Hotspur and ENGLAND star to judge Miss Great Britain Final.
A warm welcome to Jermaine Defoe who joins the rest of the star-studded judging panel this saturday JEAN-CHRISTOPHE NOVELLI, FARIA ALAM , SHOBNA GULATI from Coronation Street, CHRISTINE HAMILTON, DARRYN LYONS (Paparazzi), JOHN McCRIRICK, LORD CHARLIE BROCKET, LIZ FULLER, JEREMY ZIMMERMAN (casting director), ANESTIS COBELLA ,WAYNE SHARPE (Bartercard) AND TEDDY SHERRINGHAM.

 


Miss Great Britain crown23rd February - The Official handmade Miss Great Britain Crown has arrived today.
Thank you to Juliette designs who have designed and handmade the most magnificent crown for the Miss Great Britain Organisation. All 50 girls will also arrive in London today with excitement and nerves. So good luck! We look forward to welcoming the next Miss GB as a wonderful ambassador for our country.

 


23rd February 2006 - ***BREAKING NEWS**

All 50 Finalists will be signed and taken on by XS Model Agency
Lisa at XS Model Agency here in London, will meet all the 50 finalists over the next few days, and will choose her new editorial, commercial and promotional models. XS Model Agency can cover all diverse sections of modelling.

 


23rd February 2006 - More celebrities and footballers announced in attendance this Saturday at the Miss Great Britain final.

RICK PARFITT JNR,DANNI MINOGUE,ALEX BEST,CALUM BEST,JIMMI HARKISHIN,CARLTON COLE

RICARDO RIBEIRO,ADEE PHELAN,MARK ALEXIOU,JASMINE LEONARD,JERMAINE PENNANT,JERMAINE JENAS, ANTONY GARDENER and JOHN FORTUNE. Last few Tables of ten with 3 course dinner are £1850 plus vat and individual tickets are £200 plus vat left for the star-studded event of the year.

 


22nd February 2006 - Top Mystery Footballer joining the celebrity judging panel is TEDDY SHERRINGHAM.
Welcome to the celebrity judging panel Teddy and a huge thank you in advance for helping us find the next Miss Great Britain. Also get excited as JOE COLE and SHAUN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS have confirmed they will be in our audience as well as a mass of celebrities.

 


21st February 2006 - Hello magazine features a quick photo shoot with Liz Fuller
This week Hello magazine has run an interview with one of the Miss Great Britain owners and a former Miss GB herself Liz Fuller. Often easily forgotten about is all the hard work the new owners Robert and Liz are doing behind the scences. Liz says 'its been a long hard slog, and im happier for it'.

 


21st February 2006 - Mother and daughter contestants appear on Richard and Judy Channel 4 today
Hats off to Miss GB Wigan Jane Taylor and her daughter Miss GB Ashton Gemma -Louise Cunningham who both gave a wonderful interview live on televsion today. Good Luck Girls, I am sure you will both be very proud of each other if one is to win!

 


18 February 2006 - Zoo Magazine features countless pages on Miss Great Britain Tour.
Go straight to the shops this tuesday (21st) to buy Zoo magazine and see what really happened behind the scenes on the regional tour across Great Britain.

 


16 February 2006 - Interactive text voting on our website, and SKY BET allows British public to bet on their favourite girl to win.

Go straight to vote now and text for who you want to win, the winner of the text votes will be fasttracked straight to the Top 12. Click onto skybet.com and find in the novelty section, odds on favourites to win Miss GB. Last few tables and tickets for the final this sat

 


14 February 2006 - Celebrity Hosts and Star-studded Judging Panel announced today.

NOEL EDMONDS and JENNI FALCONER will host. and a celebrity judging panel : JEAN-CHRISTOPHE NOVELLI, FARIA ALAM , JIMI HARKISHIN and SHOBNA GULATI from Coronation Street, CHRISTINE HAMILTON, BRENDAN COLE (Come Dancing), DARRYN LYONS (Paparazzi), JOHN McCRIRICK, LORD CHARLIE BROCKET, LIZ FULLER, MICHAEL BALL (Rock and Republic), JEREMY ZIMMERMAN, ANESTIS COBELLA ,WAYNE SHARPE (Bartercard) AND A MYSTERY FOOTBALLER.

 


12 February 2006 - A Big Welcome to BARTERCARD as the official headline sponsor.

Miss Great Britain are pleased to announce that BARTERCARD join us on our quest to find the most beautiful ambassador in Britain for 2006.

 


11 February 2006
Individual tickets and tables of ten for the star-studded Grand Final are now on sale.
Make sure you get your place at the grand final of Miss Great Britain, with a whole array of celebrities.

10 February 2006 - Vanquish Wines will host the official Miss Great Britain Precocktail Party at the River Bank Plaza Hotel.

The Miss GB finalists will be thrown a private champagne good luck party by Vanquish Wines, and will experience one of the newest drinks on the market 'Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur'.

 


06 February 2006 - All 50 girls are soon to be announced!

Keep your eyes peeled on the winners page as over the next few days the top 50 girls pictures will appear. Please be patient we are still contacting some of the chosen girls from photographic heats. If you still want tickets or tables for the Grand Final on Sat 25th Feb you must call the office asap 0207 5188445.

 


30th January 2006 - Last chance to enter this week, London, Leeds and Photo heats.
Embassy Club will play host to our second London heat tomorrow night, if you or someone you know wants to enter you still have time!!! The Miss Great Britain Team will then visit Leeds wednesday 1st Feb for our last heat across the country. And if you havent had time to visit a heat, do get your photos in ASAP to us, as the photographic selections will take place this friday.

 


26th January 2006 - Liz Fuller releases her TOP TIPS FOR COMPETING IN BEAUTY PAGEANTS
If you are about to embark on your first regional or national competition it can be very daunting, former Miss Great Britain and Co-owner Liz Fuller gives her top tips to win, and what she will be looking for as one of the judges. Swimsuit choice, evening wear, makeup, skin, tanning, teeth, heels, things to bring on the night, hair, personality, rehearsals, posing and some general pointers to compete to win. TOP TIPS TEL: 0906 6353433 calls cost £1.50 p/min

 


16th January 2006 - Miss Great Britain Team are pleased to announce the official hotel for 2006! RIVERBANK PLAZA!
50 of the most beautiful girls will arrive in London on Thursday 23rd February and Londons newest and most stunning hotel will play home for these girls for 4 days. Situated opposite Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, the River Bank Plaza offers the most breathtaking views and luxury accomodation, with everything a girl could wish for! www.riverbankparkplaza.com

 


14th January 2006 - Congratulations to all the winners at our North West Heat in Manchester and also to our Norwich winner!
Well done to our following winners Rachel Cordingley (Manchester), Abbie Wood (Chester), Laura Livesey (Llandudno), Joanne Ballard (Liverpool), Jayne Taylor (Wigan) and our youngest entrant so far Gemma-Louise Cunningham who will represent Ashton. And at Norwich, well done to Naomi Stancombe! See you all arrive in London girls on Thursday 23rd February! Good Luck!

 


9th January 2006 - Happy New Year to everyone from Liz Fuller and the Miss Great Britain Team!
Next month will see us hold the Grand Final of Miss Great Britain at the Great Room, Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, London, and we are still searching across the country for regional winners. Our next heat for the North West is this thursday 12th in Manchester at Tiger Tiger Bar, and I am pleased to announce there will be a television production company now following us.

 


12th December 2005 - Congratulations to our clear winner in Swansea Lisa Lloyd-Hughes!
Welldone Lisa! It was very evident who our winner was in Swansea from the all the judges scores. Well done Lisa, keep your diary free for the end of Feb you are now coming to the Grand Final!We now have 11 heat winners and will soon be doing photo heats, so make sure you get your photos in to be selected!Our next heats are Folkestone, Southampton and Coventry. Good Luck!

 


9th December 2005 - Congratulations to both Catherine Belso and Louise White our next heat winners
Catherine wins the Cambridge title and Louise has the Basildon title for Miss Great Britain. Well done girls, we look forward to seeing you at the final in London.

 


Hayley Tompkins3rd December 2005 - Congratulations to Hayley Tompkins our new winner at St Albans

Hayley took the title of 'Miss great Britain St Albans' last night at a great heat. We look forward to seeing you in London!. A big thank you to such a gem of a venue Batchwood hall and what a star Peter Bell is! Next is Glasgow, Basildon and Swansea heats. Hope to see you there!

 


2nd December 2005 - Batchwood Hall in St Albans will appear on SKY ONE and so will our Miss Great Britain Heat
Tonight Peter Bell at our venue Batchwood Hall,St Albans will appear in a health and lifestyle show for Sky One produced by Zig Zag Productions.The Miss Great Britain heat will also feature heavily in the show. Good Luck to all of the girls entering tonight!

 


Kate Richardson28th November 2005 - Congratulations to Marianne Morrison who won at Inverness.

What a great night in Scotland last friday! A big thank you to Helen at The Highland Press and Don at Bakoo nightclub, an amazing turn out and high standard of beautiful girls. Well Done Marianne! Probably one of the most nervous winners so far, but I am sure one to watch out for in the final.
If you want to enter we are next in St Albans! And in Glasgow where we have a special guest appearance from Ashly rae Scottish film star.

 


Leila Cook14th November 2005 - Leila Cook wins at Watford Heat, Kate Richardson wins Cardiff Heat.
Congratulations to both Leila and Kate who will join the other winners so far. We look forward to seeing them come to London next February Sat 25th 2006 at the Grosevenor House Hotel to compete for the most prestigious title Miss Great Britain 2006.

 


7th November 2005 - This week MTV Talent searchers will attend the Miss Great Britain heats in Watford and Cardiff.
We are very excited to be noted as the place to find real talent, and our heats this week will be followed by the MTV search team to find their next tv stars. If you havent yet applied for either or both of these heats what are you waiting for. Watford is this Wed 9th at area nightclub and Cardiff at Creation this friday 11th. Good Luck! (more details on how to enter on enter page)

 


Kate Hallam5th November 2005 - Kate Hallam wins Miss Great Britain MANSFIELD heat.
A very well done to Kate in winning last night at the Mansfield heat, we look forward to seeing her in London for the Grand final next February. So we have 3 girls out of the 50 we are looking for, next heat is this wed 9th Nov at Area in Watford, and fri 11th Nov at Creation in Cardiff.

 


Rebecca Chapman3rd November 2005 - Rebecca Chapman wins the Miss Great Britain HULL heat.
Congratulations to Rebecca who stole the show at Hull with her natural warmth and classic beauty. Rebecca will join Hollie in London next february at the Grand Final of Miss Great Britain 2006 at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair Sat 25th Feb.

 


10th October 2005 - Hollie Hughes wins the first Miss Great Britain Heat in LINCOLN
Congratulations to Hollie Hughes who is the first girl to win a place in the Grand Final of Miss Great Britain to take place next Feb in London. Our next heats are Wed Nov 2nd in Hull at the waterfront and Fri Nov 4th at Liquid in Mansfield. To enter please call the registration line 0905 2353434 (£1p/m)

 


1st October 2005 - Liz Fuller releases her TOP TIPS FOR COMPETING IN BEAUTY PAGEANTS
If you are about to embark on your first competition it can be very daunting, Liz Fuller gives her top tips on swimsuit choice, evening wear, makeup, skin, tanning, teeth, heels, things to bring on the night, hair, personality, rehearsals, posing and some general pointers to compete to win.
TOP TIPS TEL: 0906 6353433 calls cost £1.50 p/min

 


27th September 2005 - HEATS START IN LINCOLN NEXT WEEK
The first of the Miss Great Britain heats will start in Lincoln at Jumpin' jaks next week on Thursday 6th October, you can turn up on the night at 5pm to enter, or get your application form in now.
There will be tv cameras filming the regional heats.

 


15th September 2005 - THE MISS GREAT BRITAIN TEAM ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE REGIONAL TOUR
Former Miss Great Britain and Sky tv presenter Liz Fuller and her hit team will be hosting around 40 regional heats up and down and all over the country in a bid to find the most beautiful girls from each region. The first 16 dates have today been released. If you or someone you know would like to enter we are still accepting application forms.

 


22nd August 2005 - GLAMOROUS MOTHER AND DAUGHTER READY TO WOW MISS GREAT BRITAIN JUDGES
Miss Great Britain today reveals a historic first in the world of beauty pageants by unveiling a stunning mother and daughter combination who will be competing against each other for a coveted place in the 2006 final of the competition, which will be held at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London on February 25 2006.

Glamorous fashion sales manager Philippa Wood, 40 and her student daughter Cressida Grant, 17 are among the hundreds of entrants who have been accepted to take part in the revamped version of the UK’s oldest beauty pageant, first held in 1948.

Because all traditionally run beauty contests have always insisted on upper age limits for contestants, no such family double has ever before been possible.

But Robert de Keyser, who recently bought the rights to Miss Great Britain in partnership with former Miss Great Britain and TV presenter Liz Fuller, said: “Beauty can often be ageless and as part of making Miss Great Britain a modern celebration of beauty we decided to abolish a whole raft of anachronistic old regulations which give other pageants a dated look and tend to make them irrelevant to the 21st century.

“Not only is there no upper age limit but we are happy for mothers and even grandmothers to enter – as long as they are confident that they can compete in the beauty stakes – which no doubt Philippa can!”

Philippa, who lives in Putney, South London, said: “Entering a beauty contest was the last thing on my mind until my daughter entered and then told me that she was glad she didn’t have to compete with me! Then she pointed out that the rules contained no upper age limits and started encouraging me to enter as well for fun. I’m not sure how either of us will do but we will both be rooting for each other.”

Cressida, who is studying for A-levels in (subjects) said: “Mum is drop dead gorgeous and turns heads wherever she goes. I really want to do well in Miss Great Britain but I just suspect that Mum might get that little bit further.”

Miss Great Britain is staging 40 regional heats throughout the nation this autumn and winners plus ten wild card entries will compete at the Grosvenor House next February where a host of celebrities will be in attendance. Judging will be through a mixture of a high profile panel and an interactive audience comprising more than 1,000 guests at the hotel as well as hundreds of thousands of text voters.

 

 

 

MAY 2005 – A new organisation set up between Liz Fuller - Former Miss Great Britain and Robert De Keyser- fashion entrepreneur marks the beginning of a new direction for the longest established national pageant.
Being relaunched as a modern celebration of British beauty featuring Pop Idol-style interactive voting giving the audience its say alongside that of the expert judges in the choice of the final winner.

 

The pageant will launch in 40 towns throughout the British Isles with thousands of beautiful women competing in regional heats at some of the nation’s top night clubs for a coveted place in the final to be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London on 25 February 2006.

 

The ultimate line-up of 40 regional winners will be complemented by ten wild card entries who will be able to make a special case for inclusion in the final.

 

Unlike other tired old beauty pageant formats the new-look Miss Great Britain will not restrict those eligible to enter by imposing a host of old fashioned rules on entrants. For example there will be no upper age limit and no bar on women with children entering.

 

 

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