“My little Luna was a beauty queen before she was even born.”
A three-month-old tot has become Britain’s youngest beauty pageant entrant.
Despite her tender age, cute Luna Collins was named runner-up in a US-style beauty search, open to children aged from birth to 18.Debate: Should young babies enter beauty pageants?Doting mum Amanda entered Luna into the competition before she was even born after becoming overwhelmed at her 20-week hospital scan.
The 28-year-old said: “As soon as I saw her image on the screen at my antenatal session I knew she was a stunner. I always knew that I was carrying a girl and a beautiful one at that.”
Luna was just six weeks old when she was awarded the runner-up slot in the UK Princess and Prince International Beauty Pageant. Organisers of the competition immediately accepted her antenatal entry.
“The judges loved that her entry was in even before she was born,” Amanda chuckled.
Four weeks later, she scooped another accolade in the gorgeous baby league by becoming runner-up in the Miss Dreams UK contest.
Now Amanda of Irvine, North Ayrshire, believes it’s a matter of time before her cutie is giving older pageant queens like Bobbi Boyden a run for her money.
Bobbi, 19 months, has won a string of awards with her Beyonce inspired routines, but that doesn’t phase Amanda.
“Luna just beams at the judges and loves all the attention,” Amanda added. “All she has to do is lie in my arms and smile as I stroll down the catwalk.”
Amanda also fended off any flack from critics who say Luna’s too young for beauty pageants.
“She’s enjoying every minute of it and so am I and that’s what really matters,” she said.
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