{"id":17349,"date":"2013-10-27T15:01:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T15:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=17349"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:45:16","slug":"voxpop-miss-wales-more-than-just-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/voxpop-miss-wales-more-than-just-beauty","title":{"rendered":"Voxpop: Is Miss Wales the acme of Welsh Beauty?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Miss Wales\u00a0competition is in full swing, contestants are fundraising and creating social media pages in preparation for the final, set to be held in St David\u2019s Hall on 26 April.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty pageant is open to women in Wales, aged 17-24. But is there more to the competition than looking perfect? Sadie Maltby, a\u00a0Miss Wales 2014\u00a0finalist, explained: \u201cI think there are often misconceptions regarding beauty pageants but based on my experience so far, these couldn&#8217;t be further away from the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadie, of team Rhondda, explained the process has been challenging but a great confidence-boost. \u00a0She stated: \u201cIt\u2019s not all about beauty but using your &#8216;beauty with a purpose&#8217; and just being the best you can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Follow Sadie on<a title=\"Sadie Maltby Miss Wales 2014 Finalist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SadieMaltbyMissWales2014Finalist\">\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Miss Wales 2014 finalist explains there is more to beauty pageants than girls in gowns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[560,79,148,205,2884,2883,65],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Voxpop: Is Miss Wales the acme of Welsh Beauty? 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