{"id":459851,"date":"2025-09-29T07:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459851\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:27:10","slug":"teenager-hoping-for-success-after-reaching-miss-england-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459851\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager hoping for success after reaching Miss England semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A LOCAL teenager is hoping to swap the waves for a win as she bids to be crowned Miss England.<\/p>\n<p>Caitlyn Harper, who is originally from Burntwood, is in the semi-final of the national competition.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old student is a dedicated surfer and paddleboarder \u2013 activities she balances alongside her schoolwork as an A-Level student.<\/p>\n<p>She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always felt happiest on the water. Surfing and paddleboarding give me freedom and focus. Out there, I feel like I can achieve anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She is also keen to use the Miss England platform to help raise awareness of neurodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEveryone should feel empowered to embrace their individuality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all have different strengths and celebrating them makes communities stronger.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>People van vote for Caitlyn at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandstation.co.uk\/missengland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.grandstation.co.uk\/missengland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated articles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A LOCAL teenager is hoping to swap the waves for a win as she bids to be crowned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,56755,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-459851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-miss-england","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115286405823416073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}