Miss World England 2025, Charlotte Grant, made her first public appearance since returning from the Miss World stage in Telangana, India, joining the British Organization of People of Asian Origin (BOPA) for their annual Peace Garden Festival in Coventry. The event was held in collaboration with Rotary and attended by local dignitaries, members of the British Armed Forces, and community leaders.

Charlotte, 25, who owns her own beauty brand Charlotte Grant Cosmetics, was invited to share her Miss World journey with members of the BOPA community and the latest Miss England semi-finalists. She presented the first group of 2025 semi-finalists with their signature red sashes during a special ceremony.

The celebration continued at the BOPA Annual World Peace Festival, where Charlotte donned a striking brown Indian-inspired outfit gifted to her during the 72nd Miss World Festival in Hyderabad. 

Reflecting on her experience, Charlotte shared:

“I had the best time at Miss World and made friends for life. I thoroughly enjoyed Telangana, India, and was very well looked after. The food, the Indian culture, and the people made me feel so welcome. We all had chaperones and felt very safe.”

During the event, Miss England Director Angie Beasley was honoured with an award presented by Resham Singh Sandhu MBE, in recognition of her continued support for BOPA’s community-driven initiatives.

Davinder Prasad JP, representing BOPA, expressed his appreciation:

“We are deeply grateful to Ms Angie Beasley and Miss England for supporting our Annual World Peace Festival. The presence of Charlotte Grant and Mary Jennings during the Multi-Faith Prayer for World Peace exemplified Miss World’s mission: ‘Beauty with a Purpose’. Miss World England’s visits to India have left lasting impressions, inspiring and uplifting people from underprivileged communities.”

The event also provided a platform for the new Miss England contestants to introduce their Beauty with a Purpose projects, highlighting their vision for positive change should they earn the chance to represent England on the world stage.

Notable semi-finalists in attendance included:

Two Mr. England finalists also joined the celebration: Usman Janjua, boxer and model who was appointed as Mr World Pakistan and joined the Mr World Festival last year, and Baltej Tattla, an accountant.

PEACE IN THE WORLD: A MOVING SPEECH BY MARY JENNINGS

Here’s Mary Jennings’ speech:

“It can be very difficult to think of peace when the world is in such turmoil. We are faced with wars, hatred, injustice and more. So today, I ask you to not only think about Peace, but Hope.

Hope isn’t just something fundamental – but it is a true concept. It is a phrase we use so often, we ‘Hope for the best’, were ‘Hopeful for our dreams to come true’. But aside these factors – Hope is a beacon. With hope, we can rise, spread light, love and peace. Hope brings us through dark times and onto greener pastures.

Whilst not all of us can feel Peace today – we can feel Hope. We spread it with our smiles, our stories and our actions. With Hope we are reassured things will get better, we can reach Peace once again. So today, either later on or maybe right now, I want you to think of something to be hopeful for. Be kind to yourself and give yourself that reassurance. When we learn how to do this, we can all become beacons of Hope for others. Through Hope we can spread Peace and through Peace we can spread Hope.

Peace in the World may not be happening right now; but our Hope can pave the way for Peace to shine through”.

Her heartfelt words were met with a warm reception from the audience, reinforcing the day’s powerful message of unity and optimism.

The Peace Garden Festival also marked the 10th anniversary of BOPA’s local service. Fifty contestants will now prepare for the Miss England Semi Final, scheduled for Friday, 3rd October 2025, leading up to the next Miss England Final in November, and the continuing search for a delegate to the 73rd Miss World.

To apply or learn more, visit www.missengland.info

Special thanks to Angie Beasley