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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Phil Cardy

Miss GB contestant campaigning for free smear tests for patients as young as 18

A beauty queen aged 21 is calling for ­ women as young as 18 to be given free cervical screening after suffering her own cancer scare.

Olivia Grant, who hopes to be crowned Miss Great Britain, paid for a test last year and learned she had CIN 2 – abnormal cells that, if untreated, can become cancerous.

Olivia, who is Miss York, said tests for young women are vital to spot the early signs of potential cancers.

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