November 2007

I would have to say November was the most amazing month of my life!

I set off on the 31st October to China to compete in the Miss World 2007 final!

When I arrived I was greeted at the airport by my Chaperone's for the month, Kat and Imogen. I travelled all the way from Heathrow airport with Miss Wales (Kelly) who was so lovely and put me at ease. We arrived at the hotel and were greeted with huge coconut cocktails and beautiful flower crowns! The Hotel was beautiful and our rooms were amazing!
Me and the girls I arrived with, the bottom picture is the hotel pool!

The first week was quite relaxed as we waited for the other contestants to arrive, and were given time to get over our jet lag!

The next 3 weeks were full of rehearsals, interviews, filming, and travelling. All the girls began to get to know each other and I made some wonderful friends. Miss Ireland, Miss Wales and Miss Gibraltar are such lovely and kind girls and they will defiantly be friends for life.
Miss Ireland, Miss Wales, Me ans Miss Gibraltar

Miss China (now Miss World), Miss Hong Kong China, Miss Guatemala and me.

All of the things we did were amazing. We went to Beijing where we visited the Great Wall of China, and recorded the Miss World Beijing Olympics Song! We had the sports round on the beach, which was a lot of fun.
During the month we spent quite a lot of time rehearsing for an amazing Chinese Fashion show. The costumes were very dramatic, especially the hats as you can see from the photograph! (I was a terracotta Warrior!)
One event, which took place over a few nights, was the talent round. I managed to get into the final 15 out of 107 girls so I was really pleased. The final of the talent night was also Family night! Which was a big party for all the girls’ family, luckily my mum and dad were there so they got to see me perform my talent, which was lovely.
Before I knew it the night of the final had arrived. You could feel the nerves and excitement in the air. We all did a dance routine on stage in out gorgeous bikinis to open the show, and then came on in groups in our evening dresses. It was such a brilliant night and although I didn’t get into the final 15 I had the time of my life!
I’ll admit I was hard work at times and there were times I missed home but it was the experience of a lifetime and I wouldn’t change it for the world!

Congratulations to Miss China who won Miss World.

Love Georgia x