Nadina Knight, Dropped Four Dress Sizes And Became Miss Northampton, England

Miss England 2012 finalist Nadina said: 'I was slim until about the age of 16, when I started to have control over my own diet, I put on a little bit of weight. Then I went to university, I had even more control over what I ate and my weight just got out of hand. 'The quantity of food and drinking I was doing was too much. It wasn't until my 20th birthday, when I saw pictures of myself on Facebook, and my mum mentioned it, that I realised I had put on so much. My mum was concerned because she is diabetic and she expressed concerns about my size.' Nadina, who has since slimmed to a petite size 8 added: 'I had been caught off guard and there was just so much of me and I think that was when I thought 'my mum is right. The first thing I did was search Google for healthy living tips. I didn't want to diet like so many of my friends had done, I just wanted to lose the weight in a healthy and sustainable way.'
Having shed four dress sizes, pretty Nadina, who had previously entered the Miss England competition twice before without success, tried again and this time succeeded. This she puts down to her healthier lifestyle, which includes small changes such as having skimmed milk, wholemeal bread and cutting out fizzy drinks and alcohol. She said: 'It was nothing drastic, but I felt this was the best way. So over the next three years it gradually fell off. I also go to the gym about three times a week. I won't ever let myself get to that stage again.'