Mum and daughter compete for Miss GB

Cressida Grant has a close rival in her bid to be crowned Miss Great Britain - her 40-year-old mum Philippa.

But the pair, the first ever mother and daughter to compete in the same major beauty pageant, insist they won't be falling out.

A-level student Cressida , 17, who entered first said: "I saw it on the internet. I noticed there were no age limits so I told mum she should enter too."

"Mum is drop-dead gorgeous and turns heads wherever she goes. I really want to do well but I just suspect mum might get that little bit further."

Sales manager and former model Philippa, from Putney, said: "I'm not sure how either of us will do but we will both be rooting for each other.

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