Leamington woman will represent Warwickshire while supporting hospital for Miss Galaxy pageant
A Leamington woman is raising money for a Warwickshire hospital as part of her entry into her first pageant.
Beth Edge, 20, will represent the county as Miss Galaxy Warwickshire at the Galaxy UK pageant at the Park Hall Hotel in Chorley, Lancashire, on March 21 and 22.
Beth said: “I decided to take this journey as a way to get outside my comfort zone and give myself a new challenge. “Over the last few years I have been focused on my mental health struggles, this is sort of my way of finding my confidence again while also being able to give back to my community.”
As part of the fundraising work she is doing in the run up to the pageant, Beth is holding a coffee morning at the Tom Hauley Room in Harbury on Tuesday February 10.
This event will raise funds for the reproductive medicine and maternity departments at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire.
She is appealing for donations of cakes, bakes and raffle prizes.
She said: “My personal journey shapes a lot of my pageantry platform, for example I have chosen to use it to raise awareness for infertility and pregnancy loss, due to my own struggles with infertility and conceiving.
"Through my own experiences I have realised there is a lot of stigma around infertility and pregnancy loss, it's one of those things that gets hidden away, no one talks about it and we should.
"It's so easy to be on the conceiving journey and feel like you're completely alone but one in seven couples in the UK struggle with infertility, a lot of people think it's a rarity but it's quite common.
"That's why I want to use my platform to raise awareness, break down the myths around it and get people talking.”
Beth also has some community projects planned including working with school children to create and deliver hand drawn cards to care home residents.
She also donated some food items to her mother’s annual food collection for the family room at Birmingham's Children's Hospital.
She said: “It's not just about winning the competition for me, I want to make a difference in my community and help those with similar experiences to mine.”
To contact Beth or for updates visit: https://linktr.ee/MissWarwickshireGalaxy