Madeleine Roche, who is half Palestinian, says her mother-in-law Coleen Nolan provided a huge support.
However, when Madeleine Roche secured the Miss Great Britain crown last week, the first mixed-race winner in 78 years of the contest, the proudly half Palestinian explained she truly had hopes of peace on her mind.
“It’s been really hard when you’re seeing everything that’s going on over there. Any loss of life is really tragic and I found it really emotional, and it really did affect me, is affecting me, as I’m sure it is people all around the world... But hopefully I made my Arabic family proud. I’m just praying for there to be a peaceful solution,” she explained.
"My grandmother and her family had to live in a fire station after their house was obliterated and they escaped to Jordan. They were refugees there and were granted Jordanian nationalities and passports because they were stripped of their Palestinian ones.” “I hundred percent feel so passionately about it. But equally I think it’s so important to take passion out of it and actually come with facts and figures and correct information, which is what I try and do and what I try to share on social media. But at the end of the day, it’s harrowing. Obviously peace and ceasefire is so important. And with that should come equality and basic human rights on both sides.
The new Miss GB explained that she was emboldened to compete to show other girls that there are all different ways to be beautiful. “Growing up there wasn’t really anybody that looked like me in the media or anybody in pageants,” she says. “I thought that it would be amazing to be able to show my little sister and other women everywhere that there is a place for Arab girls.”
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