Noel Gallagher’s daughter is now Miss England Cornwall winner

A lifeguard from Cornwall, who is the daughter of Oasis legend Noel Gallagher, has been crowned Miss England. Milla Magee, who made history after being crowned the first ever size 16 Miss England winner, said she is on a mission to promote body positivity and the importance of CPR training in schools.

The 23-year-old raced through to the semi-finals of the competition in January and was crowned at the glamorous final at Grand Central in Wolverhampton on Friday (May 17). Newquay-based Milla, daughter of Gallagher and his ex-wife Meg Matthews, who also lives in Newquay, beat 39 other girls from across the country and will now take her place in the Miss World Final.

She was previously crowned Miss Newquay and said she was completely shocked to win the pageant, having only started her journey with it earlier this year. “I still feel a bit surreal about it and like I’m floating in the clouds,” she told CornwallLive.

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“I was as shocked as anyone to win. I only embarked on this journey in January and it has been nothing short of amazing. I really wanted to embrace it all and learned so much and made lifelong friends. I want to thank Angie (Beasley), the director of Miss England, Lisa, the choreographer, Nathan and the whole team who are the real core (of the pageant).”

Milla now hopes to be a positive role model for young girls and promote Miss England as much more than just a beauty pageant, with contestants having to promote their local areas, support causes and show that they are good human beings.

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She said she is particularly passionate about using her voice to promote body positivity and proudly boasts that she wears plus size dresses as well as XL clothing. Milla said she’s not your “standard” beauty queen and wants to inspire young girls to be happy and healthy instead of just focusing on how they look.

That’s because while growing up, Milla said she was bullied about her weight and struggled with body dysmorphia. “I had a happy childhood and a wonderful family and I am so grateful for the life they created for me,” she said. “But I was bullied a lot because I didn’t look like what society imagined a woman should look like, even though I was a kid and that shouldn’t matter to kids as long as they’re happy.

“I’ve never drank or smoked and I’ve never been a party girl and I’m proud to say I’ve never conformed to peer pressure, but in other ways I felt I had to conform to the way I looked.

“I’m 6ft, athletic and I’ve always been the tallest at school. I remember seeing a school photo where I was the only girl standing in a sea of ​​boys, towering over my friends. At the time, I was trying to conform to a I didn’t have a representation of what I could admire or what I wanted to be always small.

As a result, Milla grew up with self-image issues, but has since overcome them. Now she wants other young girls who may be going through the same struggle to know that they don’t have to look a certain way to be successful or achieve their dreams.

“I went down to a size 10, but that wasn’t a healthy weight for my height,” she said. “But when I was overweight as a kid, that wasn’t necessarily healthy either. I put on a number that looks a certain way, but I don’t necessarily look like a size 16 that people might imagine, but what does a size look like?

“I want young girls who might be going through the same struggles to look up to me and see how far I’ve come. I know how you feel, you are not alone. I was that little girl who didn’t have a positive representation of (body image), which is why I want to use my voice for all those girls who might think (Miss England) isn’t their style or looks. in a way because it doesn’t matter. Your dreams are out of reach, if you believe and are passionate and enthusiastic, they can come true.”

In her role as Miss England, Milla also hopes to promote her project called ‘GOFARWITHCPR’, which aims to make CPR and first aid training compulsory in the school system. She teamed up with her MP, Steve Double, to bring her campaign to the attention of Government ministers.

The project is particularly close to her heart, having lost two family members to heart attacks. “My grandfather, who unfortunately I never met, had a heart attack and my aunt was present at the time but didn’t know how to perform CPR,” explained Milla.

“It took an hour for an ambulance to respond to the scene and had he known these potentially life-saving skills, my grandfather would have been here to tell the story. So I think it is so important to teach CPR and first aid training to the younger generation because it really can be the difference between life and death.

“Being a lifeguard, I realized how many times I saved people at work. It doesn’t matter if you live on the coast or inland, I know I can save a life with these skills wherever I am and anyone, anywhere can learn them.”

The Mill’s project was also given the Royal Assent by the Duke of Cornwall, Prince William, during his visit to Newquay on 9 May. She met him as an ambassador for the town through the Newquay Business Improvement District (BID) – also known as ‘Love Newquay’. ” – and said he agreed the project would be best served in educational settings, as a life skill the younger generation needs.

During their time together, they discussed Milla’s journey with Miss England and the finals that were to take place the following week. In response, Prince William told her: “We all support you.”

Milla said she was very grateful for the good luck message from the Prince. She said: “I felt like I had already won. I was so honored to receive this from Her Royal Highness and I can’t thank her enough for it.”