A glamorous female chess champion dubbed a real-life Beth Harmon from 'The Queen's Gambit' is bidding to also be crowned Miss England. Emily Cossey, 24, will swap playing the queen for being a beauty queen when she treads the catwalk as the first woman to reach this year's final.
The chemical engineering graduate only took up pageantry 12 months ago and was left stunned when she was announced a Miss England 2022 finalist earlier this month. Emily won the title of Charity Queen after raising more than £3,000 while taking part in Miss London, automatically landing herself a place in the top 40.
The glitzy competition is a far cry from her life as a chess prodigy but she hopes she can use her platform to encourage more women to take up the game. She says she was particularly inspired by the Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit' staring Anya Taylor-Joy which became a smash hit on the streaming service.
