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Bradley Stokes & John Bett

Woman bullied as a child wants to hit back by becoming first ginger Miss World

A woman who was bullied at school due to the colour of her hair has hit back at trolls by becoming a beauty queen - and now wants to become the first redhead to represent England at Miss World.

Jessica Gagen, 26, was punched, spat at, and even burned because of her ginger hair and had to endure torment from cruel classmates for years.

But after her A-Levels, she signed up to a modelling agency and her confidence grew as she took to catwalks across the globe - and was even a runner-up in Miss England.

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