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Sophie Dickson will now represent the city at the Miss England finals next month which also are being held in Wolverhampton.

The event was held in the city for the first time in several years to ensure there was a local finalist for the bigger competition, organisers said.

Ms Dickson said she made "friends for life" at the competition last month and still could not believe she had won.

Ms Dickson, from Cheslyn Hay, a few miles north of the city in Staffordshire, competed for the title at Grand Station, Wolverhampton, where the finals will be held on 16 and 17 May.