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Combat Barbie: squaddie makes Miss England final


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A female soldier who once fought off a suspected Iraqi insurgent has won a place in the final of Miss England, the BBC reports. Katrina Hodge, 21, will participate in the contest in July, having already won the Miss Tunbridge Wells crown. L/Cpl Hodge was nicknamed Combat Barbie in 2005 after being given a bravery commendation for saving the lives of members of her regiment in Iraq.

Miss Hodge, a military clerk with The Adjutant General's Corps, will go on to appear at Miss World 2008 if she wins the English title.

"I was delighted to have been selected for the Miss England final and it is a great honour," she added. "Being a part-time model and a serving soldier is certainly a world apart. I want to use this competition to highlight the work that the Army are doing and what they have done for this country."

She is currently serving at Frimley Park Hospital in Camberley and will take part in the Miss England national finals on Friday.

A solider taking part in a beauty pageant - a victory for women who really *can* do everything, or yet another tired, depressing example of women being judged purely on their looks? Do beauty pageants still have a place in our so-called modern, emancipated age? Can women ever hope to be respected if they sign up to this kind of starry judge-fest?
LindseyIndigo

3 responses // Combat Barbie: squaddie makes Miss England final

  • Good for her. Proves that women soldiers do not and are not all 'butch' types - although she has balls.
    balderdashandpiffle
  • Will she wear camo swimwear in the swimsuit competition?

    Anyway, good on her for all her accomplishments.
    SamuraiDave
  • Really good for her. Reconciling two things that really don't usually go together and doing it so well

    At the end of the yes beauty pagents still have a place in todays soceity. if the women in them want to be in them thats their choice and who are we to take that away from them???
    Mattslaw

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