Miss Teen UK bid by Lanark girl Arabella Normand

Arabella began her catwalk career by entering her first pageant with the support of readers of the Caruke and Lanark Gazette who helped her reach the finals through online voting.

Since then, Arabella, who moved to Edinburgh, has gone on to represent Scotland in America at the international finals of Miss Teen Galaxy where she came second runner up and did Scotland proud!

She said: “I am so thrilled to have been chosen as a finalist for Miss TEEN UK and will do my very best to make South Scotland proud of me!”

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