Helloooo, and welcome to Season 8 of Mads World! You're about to listen to Role Modelling: Pageantry & Feminism with Ms Great Britain, Charlotte Clemie!

This week I am joined by regining Ms Great Britain, Charlotte Clemie. Recently crowned as Ms Great Britain, Charlotte spoke proudly as a finalist about her platform, 'Raising Great Brit-men'. 

Having 3 sons, Charlotte wants to encourage other mums to educate their sons and raise a future generation of feminist men. Charlotte was raised in Northern Ireland by two feminist mothers and now embraces being a part of an industry that supports women to talk about their passions. 

Charlotte is a 'girls girl'. In her twenties she was successfully cast as the official real life Barbie for the toy company Mattel. She worked as Barbie for 5 years and travelled across the UK at various events. Charlotte dreamed of one day having a daughter to pass down her Barbie memorabilia but it wasn't to be. Charlotte is now the proud mother of 3 young boys. It was after having her third son that she realised she had a greater power to make a difference to women. And so her platform 'Raising Great Brit-men' was born. 

Charlotte is a proud feminist, and although some might say that's somewhat contradictory as a 'pageant queen', you don't have to speak to Charlotte for long to understand why she does what she does.

In this episode we talk all about feminism in pageantry, what Charlotte loves most about pageants, where her journey with feminism began and how we can encourage young people and the next generation to become future feminist leaders. 

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Music: The.Jones.Project_93