The people of Surrey appreciate a curvy girl

I saw a great story on ABC News today about Chloe Marshall, who has been named Miss Surrey and will compete in the Miss England finals. Chloe — a plus-size model who weighs in at 176 pounds — is the nation’s first plus-size finalist.

Here’s what she told ABC:

“I know I will stand out from them but in a good way. I want to bring plus sizes back and I want to show teenagers that you can be beautiful whatever size you are.”

You can see from the picture here, from www.missengland.info, what a gorgeous girl she is — just as pretty if not prettier than any other pageant contestant I’ve seen.

I don’t think we’ll be seeing a plus-size Miss America contestant any time soon, but I’d love to be proven wrong.