County Durham<\/a>, told ChronicleLive that she wanted to show others that being a mother doesn’t stop you from chasing your dreams. She said: “I couldn\u2019t believe it.<\/p>\n“I felt more empowered than ever, especially being able to look into the audience and see my daughter there. I wanted to show that motherhood doesn’t define you. I wanted to be able to prove to myself that I could do it and I am capable.<\/p>\n
“The girls couldn\u2019t believe the fact I took my baby into the rehearsals. My baby was on my hip the whole duration. I took my baby into the interview with me. In between rounds I was running out and feeding her.”<\/p>\n
Rebecca said she was supposed to go for a photo shoot straight after she was crowned. However she was sitting on the stage breastfeeding Florence instead.<\/p>\n
She said: “I showed the other girls that it doesn’t matter what you\u2019re going through or what you’ve gone through, if you have that determination you can do it. I just hope that it’s inspired one person not to give up on their dream.”<\/p>\n
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Rebecca won the title of Miss Winter Wonderland in her first pageant in 2021 (Image: Chronicle Live )<\/p>\n
Rebecca began competing in pageants in 2021 after being asked to model for a boutique in Darlington. She said she was invited to take part in Miss Winter Wonderland in Shildon and walked away with the title.<\/p>\n
She said: “From then on I caught the bug. I love how empowering it is for women.<\/p>\n
“There’s people from all different walks of life with all different stories and it’s about coming together to empower women and raise money for charity.”<\/p>\n
Rebecca went on to compete in other pageants across the UK and in the USA. She says she using her platform to raise awareness of struggles which women face everyday.<\/p>\n
Rebecca said her advocacy is something deeply personal to her. She said: “I call it ‘dealing with the D’s’. Whether that be depression, domestic violence, disability, despoilment, displacement, distance, dependency, death\u2026<\/p>\n
“Each one carries its own weight which sadly affects millions daily. I’ve lived these struggles.<\/p>\n
“I’ve faced the darkness of depression, the wounds of domestic violence and the pain of loss. But I\u2019ve also learned that we are not defined by our D\u2019s, we are defined by our determination to rise.”<\/p>\n
Rebecca said she had a difficult birth with Florence and was on the verge of post natal depression. She said that with the support of her family she was able to take the time to enter the pageant for herself.<\/p>\n
She said: “I needed something for me. I needed to be able to say this is Rebecca time. I said do I dip my toes back in or am I am mam now?<\/p>\n
“I thought I\u2019m going to prove that just because you\u2019re a mam doesn\u2019t mean that’s all you are. I\u2019m just so lucky to have such a supportive family.<\/p>\n
“I’m a single mam but I have a family that are a village and an extended family through church.”<\/p>\n
She secured the title of Miss Newcastle Great Britain 2026 at at the Exchange 1856 in Tynemouth on Sunday, June 21. She’s now looking forward to travelling to Leicester for the final in October.<\/p>\n
Rebecca, who supports St Alban’s Church in Trimdon Grange, said: “I’m honoured to be able to compete in the Miss GB finals. It’s the oldest and most prestigious pageant in UK history.<\/p>\n
“I know the nerves will hit nearer the time but right now I’m just enjoying the lead up with continuing my charity work, using my platform for positivity & looking for sponsors to help along the way!<\/p>\n
“My daughter Florence will be coming with me, I’m a single mam that breastfeeds and I’m breaking stereotypes. She’s my reason for breaking boundaries, my reminder that I really can do anything.<\/p>\n
“I’ve had several mams message since being crowned that I’ve inspired them to enter or to reignite their passions!”<\/p>\n
Rebecca won the Miss Great Britain category of the pageant, which is open to contestants aged between 18 and 30. The Ms Great Britain category, for contestants 28 and over, was won by Melissa Crawford.<\/p>\n
Our County Durham Live newsletter is free. You can sign up to receive it here<\/a>. It will keep you up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from in and around County Durham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rebecca Dobson will now compete in the final of The Miss Great Britain 2026 in October Rebecca Dobson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,377,3363,2313],"class_list":["post-76780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","tag-britain","tag-county-durham","tag-newcastle-upon-tyne","tag-tynemouth"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116865533500299517","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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