"I wanted to show everyone that you can be beautiful no matter what size you are..."
Chloe Marshall, who is a trainee opera singer from Cranleigh, was crowned Miss Surrey.
Chloe said earlier: "I wanted to enter Miss England to show everyone that you can be beautiful no matter what size you are and that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes."
Together with `Combat Barbie` Katrina Hodge, 21, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Chloe overshadowed the Miss England winner.
The Miss England title went to a 22-year-old graduate from a family of beauty queens.
Miss Derby, Laura Coleman, said it was her "dream" to win the title.
She said: "I`m really excited. It`s great to support Derby and do my parents proud. My mum and my grandmother are both beauty queens so it`s a family tradition. It really is my dream to do this."
Miss Coleman will go on to represent England at the Miss World competition in Kiev, Ukraine, in October.
| The Miss England line-up: First runner up Chloe Marshall (left), 17, Miss England winner Laura Coleman, 22 (centre), and second runner up Jessica Linley, 18
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