Alize Lily Mounter (born 29 September 1988) is a Welsh model and beauty queen who was crowned

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in 2011. She represented England at the 61st Miss World in London, where she made the Top 7 and was ranked 4th place overall. She received the titles of Miss World Europe,

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and

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. Later she represented the United Kingdom at

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on 21 October 2012 in Okinawa, Japan.

Early life and education

Mounter was born in

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, to a

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father and Hungarian mother. Mounter moved to

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after appearing as a finalist on

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. She then went on for further education and studied for a BA degree in Journalism and Drama at

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Pageantry

Miss England

At the

2011, she represented ''Every Model magazine'' and won the title. She is the second

winner of non-English heritage. She gained considerable media attention for being a Welsh, Miss England winner. She was allowed to participate in Miss England because she had been living in Kensington, London for several years before the competition. During her time as Miss England she travelled to various countries promoting Miss England pageant. These countries included;

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and

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. After her visit to Mauritius the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority then became the official sponsor of

2012. Mounter raised over £5,000 for Beauty with a Purpose and Help the Heroes and listed green issues as being very important in her life. Mounter has also been the judge at several pageant shows including Miss Hampshire 2011 and Miss England Beach Beauty 2012.

Miss World

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, she was awarded the winner of the Miss World Beach Beauty competition. She made the Top 7 (and was ranked 4th place overall) in the competition. She came 4th runner up in the ''Top Model'' round, and top 20 in

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. Mounter also received the Continental Queen of Beauty title as Miss World Europe for the highest ranked contestant in the European region. In May 2012 Alize was invited by the Miss World chairman

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to accompany the organisation to

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. They visited

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and

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to help promote Beauty with a Purpose humanitarian projects. She travelled with Miss World 2011

Ivian Sarcos Ivian Sarcos (born July 26, 1989) is a Venezuelan model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2011 on November 6, 2011, in London, United Kingdom. Sarcos is the sixth woman from Venezuela to win Miss World. Early life Ivian was a diplomac ...

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, second runner up

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and

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. On 3 June 2012 she was invited by the Miss World organisation to take part in the

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in London.

References

External links

Mounter's Official Website
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