Holmes – a former contestant on Britain’s Next Top Model – faced stiff competition in the shape of runners up Anastasia Smith (Miss North Yorkshire) and Tamzin Cummings (Sunderland People’s Choice), but eventually came out on top.

The 23-year-old beauty queen won herself a trip to Mauritius, as well as the chance to represent England at the Miss World final in August.

English rose Holmes was overjoyed when judges announced her victory, but she managed to utter a few words through her tears of joy. She said: “I am so happy to have won the crown and my ambition is to give young girls the message they can achieve.”