A BEAUTY queen has revealed that despite her modelling success and business acumen, she is stuck being single.
Harriotte Lane, 24, claimed that men are too intimidated by her looks and jet-setting lifestyle to ask her out.
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As reported by the Daily Star, the model acknowledged that guys are too scared to ask her out on dates as a result of her pageant queen looks.
But the strawberry blonde stressed that despite men her age lacking the confidence to approach her, she is happily single for now and is enjoying the lavish lifestyle she has built for herself.
The young woman, who runs her own successful pageant coaching company Crown Coach, has just been announced as Miss Grand United Kingdom to compete in Miss Grand International in Bangkok, Thailand, later this year.
But the beautiful 6ft model is eager to demonstrate that she hasn’t just got the looks, but has brains too.
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Harriotte, from Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, said: “I think because I’m a beauty queen and successful, it puts guys my age off from approaching me.”
But Harriotte is “ok with that” as she only wants someone who will “add” something to her life, or “is successful.”
She stressed that this is the case for her with friends or a partner coming into her life, as she voiced: “They need to be adding value and be very confident.
“I know the right person who’s my match will come at the right time but at the moment I’m very happy travelling the world and focusing on what I have.”
The business owner, who has scooped multiple beauty pageant crowns over the years, said she’s passionate about promoting the industry that she credits for empowering women.
She claimed that she “started out as a shy girl” with a limited number of friends.
Not only this, but she also felt that she didn’t “fit into society” during her early teenage years.
But Harriotte has since been able to turn her life around and credits pageantry for giving her the opportunity to find like-minded women who are focused and driven.
The History of Britain’s Beauty Pageants
Following World War Two, a number of seaside resorts around the United Kingdom introduced beauty contests.
The first pageant of its kind, held in Morecambe in 1945, went on to become Miss Great Britain.
Alongside it was Miss England, which had its first competition in 1928 but got properly underway as a beauty pageant in 1953.
The winner of the first ever Miss Great Britain in 1945 was 18-year-old Lydia Reid, a civil service typist, who received a cup and a paltry prize (according to the local paper) of seven guineas, as well as a swimsuit.
Prize money increased to £100 the following year, £500 the next and reached £1,000 in the fifties due to the competition’s popularity, with it becoming a form of seaside entertainment for holidaying Brits.
“The contests were aimed at a family audience,” a blurb on the Miss GB website reads.
“Men could enjoy watching pretty girls, women could have fun backing their favourites and young girls could aspire to be a bathing beauty when they grew up.”
Morecambe Town Council put the contest up for sale following the 1989 final and it was purchased by new owners who rebranded it as the ‘Miss Great Britain Organisation’.
As well as this, Harriotte, who grew up in a working family household, is now living her best life.
She beamed: “I’ve been able to travel the world, do humanitarian work and actually live a life that people would genuinely only get to dream of.”
I think because I’m a beauty queen and successful, it puts guys my age off from approaching me
Harriotte Lane
The proud northern lass now hopes to inspire others across the UK that they can achieve their dreams – as she is with Miss Grand International.
She explained: “You don’t have to come from the capital to achieve extraordinary things. I’m very proud to be representing Newcastle.”
Harriotte recognised that judges of pageants are looking for more than just someone beautiful.
She claimed that now, entrants will need “body, brain, beauty and business”, as she concluded: “They’re looking for someone who is an all-rounder.”
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