The newly-crowned Miss England has revealed her lofty ambitions to become the first beauty queen to travel to outer space - as she prepares to train as an astronaut. Jessica Gagen, 27, is already a budding rocket scientist in her final year of a degree in aerospace engineering and wants to inspire other women into STEM subjects.
But she now believes her career path is written in the stars and dreams of one day educating children from on board the International Space Station (ISS). Stunning Jessica, who was crowned Miss England two months ago, will be competing for the Miss World title in Spring next year.
After that, she hopes to swap her ball gown and high heels for a spacesuit to literally become 'Miss Universe' - as the first beauty queen and model ever to visit space. Jessica is currently completing an integrated master’s degree at the University of Liverpool and plans to apply to become an astronaut within the next three years.
