Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Miss Great Britain is a female beauty contest and this year was held in Leicester across two days; the national final was held at the Athena on Friday 15th November 2013. Miss Great Britain 2013 was organised by the new National Director Kate Solomons, director of Leicester based model & event agency ModelZed Promotions Ltd. Kate became the National Director in November 2012 & has worked within the modelling and pageant industry for over 10 years having previously organised regional & national contests to put winners through to Miss England on behalf of Miss World.One of Kate's first duties in her new role was to change the rules of the contest to allow both married women and mothers to enter the contest; this ruling had been revised in 2010 but had reverted back under previous management. These rules currently stand for the 2014 contest.First held in 1945, between 1956 and 1989, Miss Great Britain was held in the seaside resort of Morecambe. It is one of the oldest of its kind in the country.Between 1951 and 1957, the winner of the Miss Great Britain crown would go on to compete at the Miss World pageant. This ended in 1958 when Miss World creator Eric Morley, unhappy at the results of the Miss Great Britain winners at Miss World ( all seven Miss GB winners that went to Miss World were unplaced ) set up his own domestic contest, the Miss United Kingdom pageant. From 1958 to the end of the 20th century, the winner of Miss UK would compete at Miss World.Some of the international pageants which had been represented by Miss Great Britain were Miss Universe, Miss World, Top Model of the World and Miss World Tourism. The current title holder is Miss Great Britain 2013 Ashley Powell from South Yorkshire. As opposed to its British counterparts such as Miss England, Miss Northern Ireland, Miss Scotland, Miss Wales and Miss United Kingdom, Miss Great Britain is not affiliated with the Miss World Organisation.In 2010, the rules of Miss Great Britain were changed to allow divorced women and single mothers to compete for the first time but shortly reverted back; Rachel Hatton was the first divorced woman to compete.. }
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- Miss_Great_Britain abstract "Miss Great Britain is a female beauty contest and this year was held in Leicester across two days; the national final was held at the Athena on Friday 15th November 2013. Miss Great Britain 2013 was organised by the new National Director Kate Solomons, director of Leicester based model & event agency ModelZed Promotions Ltd. Kate became the National Director in November 2012 & has worked within the modelling and pageant industry for over 10 years having previously organised regional & national contests to put winners through to Miss England on behalf of Miss World.One of Kate's first duties in her new role was to change the rules of the contest to allow both married women and mothers to enter the contest; this ruling had been revised in 2010 but had reverted back under previous management. These rules currently stand for the 2014 contest.First held in 1945, between 1956 and 1989, Miss Great Britain was held in the seaside resort of Morecambe. It is one of the oldest of its kind in the country.Between 1951 and 1957, the winner of the Miss Great Britain crown would go on to compete at the Miss World pageant. This ended in 1958 when Miss World creator Eric Morley, unhappy at the results of the Miss Great Britain winners at Miss World ( all seven Miss GB winners that went to Miss World were unplaced ) set up his own domestic contest, the Miss United Kingdom pageant. From 1958 to the end of the 20th century, the winner of Miss UK would compete at Miss World.Some of the international pageants which had been represented by Miss Great Britain were Miss Universe, Miss World, Top Model of the World and Miss World Tourism. The current title holder is Miss Great Britain 2013 Ashley Powell from South Yorkshire. As opposed to its British counterparts such as Miss England, Miss Northern Ireland, Miss Scotland, Miss Wales and Miss United Kingdom, Miss Great Britain is not affiliated with the Miss World Organisation.In 2010, the rules of Miss Great Britain were changed to allow divorced women and single mothers to compete for the first time but shortly reverted back; Rachel Hatton was the first divorced woman to compete.".