Teen overcomes bullying to become Miss England contestant
Don’t bully this beauty queen.
A younger lady from England is proud to be a assured competitor in a national pageant, rising above intimidators to become an anti-bullying advocate.
Rheanna Cartier lately gained a spot within the wild card spherical of the Miss England finals, slated to happen in July 2021. The 17-year-old is worked up to use the platform to assist victims of bullying and promote inclusion, having been bullied in class herself at a younger age, South West News Service (SWNS) studies.
Rheanna Cartier, age 13.
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“It was really hard,” Cartier mentioned of the tough occasions. “I changed schools almost every year because we moved house a lot.”
“I moved back to one school at 13 and I just remember my first day this group of girls in the year above just started calling me names. I had been talking to a boy in the year above who was quite popular and I think it was just jealously,” the Kingham, Oxfordshire, teen mentioned. “I remember on one occasion one of them saying ‘Why don’t you just kill yourself?’ – it was quite extreme.”
“I remember on one occasion one of them saying ‘Why don’t you just kill yourself?’ – it was quite extreme,” Cartier mentioned.
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“I remember not having any friends as nobody wanted to be friends with someone who got called names and it just escalated.”
At one low level, when Cartier was 12, she acquired picked on by an older woman who was almost 16. The harassment continued, and he or she acquired right into a battle – prompting her dad or mum to intervene.
“My mum had to come in for meetings because I wasn’t doing my work as I hated being at school so much,” Cartier mentioned.
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Back within the U.Ok. and finding out for a level in actual property, Cartier lately entered the pageant to push herself and develop as an individual.
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When the Miss England hopeful was 14, a household pal prompt she spend a 12 months at boarding faculty for a change of surroundings and tempo. Cartier quickly shipped off to Skals Efterskole, a world faculty close to Viborg, Denmark, a constructive expertise she known as “transformational.” There, the scholar was ready to research for the GCSEs and discover confidence amongst a brand new group of friends.
“Without that, I don’t know what I would have done. I would never have recovered and I think it would have got worse,” she mentioned of the clear slate at Skals Efterskole. “It proved transformational – I started eating healthy and working on myself and doing a lot of self-care.”
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Back within the U.Ok. and finding out for a level in actual property, Cartier lately entered the pageant to push herself and develop as an individual.
“I would have been too nervous to do so before – but I’m not going to let those people stop me doing what I want to do,” she mentioned of the endeavor.
Cartier was one in every of 19 contenders chosen for the wild card spherical and appears ahead to the Miss England closing subsequent summer time. Beyond the glitz of the pageant, {the teenager} actually hopes to make a distinction together with her anti-bullying advocacy.
“I want to help others who might not have the opportunity I did to escape their bullies,” she informed SWNS. “It affects so many people and I think this competition could give me that platform I need to help other people.”
In the meantime, a junior physician continues to reign as Miss England after the 2020 pageant was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Bhasha Mukherjee was crowned Miss England in August 2019 and can maintain the title till the spring. Mukherjee, who’s combating the viral illness on the entrance strains from the COVID-19 items of the hospitals the place she works, would be the longest-serving Miss England within the occasion’s historical past.
