Makeup can be an empowering way to show off your personality and personal style.

However, it can also give young people, especially teenagers, unfair beauty standards.

explains Miss England director Angie Beasley.

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The entry age to Miss England which leads to Miss World is 16-27.

Miss London 2023 was the first pageant to be completely makeup-free.

It is such an honor to be the first-ever makeup-free Miss London.

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I hope to inspire young women and girls to feel confident in their own skin.

We are all beautiful in our own, unique way and we should embrace that!

26-year-old Natasha Beresford was crowned Miss London 2023 in the first-ever makeup-free beauty pageant.

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She will move on to compete in the Miss England competition in 2024.