Product Description
Life didn't hold much promise for ordinary little Angie.With few jobs around, bland food and cold weather, the best that Angie could hope for was a job at the local Findus factory. Her family didn't have it easy. Her baby brother was a cot death and the tragedy caused her mother to turn to the Jehovah's Witness faith. Their poverty, now combined with an austere belief system, meant no Christmas, no birthdays and little joy. But aged 16, Angie decided that she was destined for bigger things. After seeing a TV advertisement she entered a beauty pageant. And won. She went on to take 25 titles, including Miss Leeds, and her home town title Miss Cleethorpes, giving her the opportunity to model while travelling the world.Just as Angie felt that life couldn't get any better, she got engaged to a man who trapped her in a terrifying cycle of domestic violence. When she eventually escaped him, she had lost all of her money and self-esteem. She was on the bottom rung of the ladder yet again. But Angie picked herself up, turned her talents to event management and grafted her way to becoming Director of Miss England.Evoking the magical, lost world of the 1970s beauty pageant, Angie's story is a real life fairytale with heart and humour.
About the Author
Angie Beasley (nee Chapman) was born in 1963 in Grimsby, the eldest of six children. She was destined for a life working in one of the local fish factories but refused to stop at this. At 16, she entered Miss Yorkshire Television, which was the start of her career in beauty pageants. After eight years Angie had won a total of 25 beauty titles, before going on to work for legendary entertainment impresario Eric Morley. She rose to the top of the tree in her profession, organizing Miss United Kingdom in the '90s, and is now Director of Miss England Limited. Angie lives in Leicester with her son.
