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Nottingham student Jessica Linley, beat 60 other contestants to take the title at the annual pageant in Birmingham on Wednesday.

Jessica, 21 is studying law at Nottingham University, where she is also treasurer of the law society and finance officer for the Athletic Union.

Jessica beat Jamie Lee Faulkner, also 21, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who competed as Miss Champneys, into second place, as well as 18-year-old model and aspiring actress Amy Jackson, representing Liverpool, who came third.

Miss Linley will take time off university to prepare for the Miss World contest where she will now represent England at the Miss World contest which will take place in China next month.

Jessica said: "I want to do the best by everybody and truly make a difference to peoples' lives."

Before the final, she said if picked as winner she would take some time off from her studies at Nottingham University "so I could give everything I have" at the Miss World contest.

Judges at the Miss England ceremony included former winner and reality TV star Danielle Lloyd, and Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas.