Miss Great Britain

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71 is an age that can be tricky because Glamour Gran Anne is all about doing things.

But if I can, anyone can.

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A 71-year-old woman from Scotland has made history by becoming the oldest contestant at the Miss Great Britain beauty pageant.

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And we meet the glamorous granny who challenged for the title of Miss Great Britain.

Here's glamour gran Anne, age 71, with her head up, her hands up, saying, "Thank you, universe."

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And finally, you've got the results.

This is from Miss Great Britain.

How did Glamour Grand Anne get on?

Well, Lisa, despite making history as the oldest contestant ever to reach the national final at the ripe age of 71, Glamour Grand Anne just missed out on taking the crown on Friday.

Hello! Throw another shrimp on the barbie!

Hello! She's due to take the stage of the Miss Great Britain Beauty Competition, which is going to take place tonight.

So she's competing against 20-somethings,

and she's 71?

Jeez

... a grandmother in the UK, and she's gone into the Miss Great Britain beauty pageant.

She's already won, like, one leg of it.

Oh, a-

... to me, I think glamour's a little bit seedy.

I d- I don't entirely know, because y- so there's two different ones.

There's the Miss Great Britain pageant, there's the Miss UK pa- there's the Miss World, right? But there's three different categories in this.

So the Miss category is open to 18 to 30, and then the Miss MS category is open to 31 to 41-

It's Thursday, so let's tootle some pips.

It, it is a Thursday, and it's TootlePip, and this one comes from people.com. 71-year-old grandma becomes oldest ever finalist at Miss Great Britain beauty pageant.

Yes.

And she admits swimsuit portion is daunting.

Who doesn't like a mohawk on a bird? I mean, it just seems right.

Let's talk about the, it's Miss, what is it, Miss Britain or the contest? Miss Great Britain.

Miss Great Britain, yeah.

And this year we have a 71-year-old by the name of Anne-Marie Harper, better known probably by her social media handle, Glamour Gran Anne.

She's preparing to compete in Miss Great Britain and make history as the oldest Scottish finalist in the pageant's 81 year history.

As a 71 year old glamour grand, she'll compete in the Miss Great Britain classic category, which is open to women aged 45 and over, qualifying for that after winning her local event back in June.

So she will be competing against some slightly younger contestants.

But she says that's never let that get in her way in the past.

This is written by Nell Whittaker.

This is about the Miss Great Britain Beauty Pageant of 2026, which the writer attended.

This is how I've discovered that there is such a thing as the Miss Great Britain Beauty Pageant.

Yeah, I didn't

know about it either.

To me, it seemed like a beauty pageant seems so American.

Yeah, distinctly American.

I discovered through this article that Miss Great Britain is a trademark owned by a man, but it's mostly administered by women.