ATTENTION!

If you’d have told my younger self that I would fight for my country one day, I’d have called you crazy. Me in the military? Never in a million years.

I cared more about cutting and styling hair than training for war.

Pageantry was never a goal of mine, either.

Whilst I’ve always loved getting glam, I’m far too shy to be in the spotlight on stage!

And yet, here I am – a 32-year-old ex-military businesswoman, dipping my combat boots into the world of pageant queens.

It’s a story story worth telling...

When I was in my teens, I was hired as a hairdressing apprentice in a local hair salon