Amy Harris-Willock - Miss Caribbean UK 2015

Amy Melissa Harris-Willock (born 14 September 1987 in

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) is an English

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er of Antiguan descent competing as Amy Harris, and a former titleholder of the pageant

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Athletics career

Competing under her birth name Amy Harris and a member of

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, she won the long jump

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at the

2004 Commonwealth Youth Games The 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the II Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Bendigo 2004, an international sporting event that was held from 30 November to 3 December 2004 in the small city of Bendigo, Australia. ...

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with a jump of and

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at the

2005 European Athletics Junior Championships The 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships was the 18th edition of the biennial athletics competition for European under-20 athletes, which was held in Kaunas, Lithuania on 21–24 July. Medal summary Men Women Medal table References ...

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with a personal best jump of . She was holder of the England Athletics Championship outdoors under-20 women's long jump record 2006–12 with a jump of made while she was competing for

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athletics club. Harris attended courses at

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2008–12 during which time she competed both for the

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and Birchfield Harriers. In 2010, she won silver at the UK championships in Birmingham and gold at the England Track and Field Championships in

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. She was

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champion in both outdoor and indoor long jump for 2012 and made the fourth best ever long jump at Florida State with . In 2014 Harris, whose grandfather Etel Nathaniel Willock lived in

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until his death in 2010, transferred her allegiance to

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in recognition of her heritage and is a member of the Antigua & Barbuda Athletic Association. She is the national record holder for the long jump. She competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games long jump.

Miss Caribbean UK 2015

Amy Harris-Willock competed and won the 2015 edition of

. She was selected from four finalists in the Birmingham heat of the pageant competition on 25 July 2015. She then went on to join sixteen other hopefuls from around the United Kingdom and was placed as one of the seven who made it through to the final round at the Grand Finalé on 5 December at the

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. She won best

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in her red bespoke tailored dress designed exclusively for her by Francis Agyapong of AgyeFrance Design. She was then announced the 2015 winner of the entire competition.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris-Willock, Amy 1987 births Living people Athletes from Birmingham, West Midlands English female long jumpers British female long jumpers Antigua and Barbuda female long jumpers Commonwealth Games competitors for Antigua and Barbuda Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Florida State Seminoles women's track and field athletes English people of Antigua and Barbuda descent Sportspeople of Antigua and Barbuda descent British beauty pageant winners 21st-century English sportswomen