Student in the running to be the first disabled Miss England

Published: 7:30AM GMT twenty-five February 2010

Miss Coventry Kirstie Logan. Photo: Caters News Agency

Kirstie Logan, who suffers with serious rheumatoid arthritis, has already got serve in the foe than any alternative lady with a disability.

The 19-year-old was diagnosed with the condition 3 years ago has been declared Miss Coventry. She will foe in the finals on Saturday.

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She had proposed a career as a and distance model, but began pang serious chest pains, nose bleeds and migraines.

The teen from Coventry, West Mids, went from a distance twenty to a distance eight and relies on steroids and painkillers to provide corner and bone pain.

As the initial competitor with a incapacity to reach the informal finals, the tyro wants to have have make use of of of the foe to widespread recognition of her condition.

Miss Logan said: "I instruct to have have make use of of of the Miss England foe to show that you usually have to get up and have the majority of it - no have a difference what hold up has thrown at you.

"Rheumatoid arthritis is really misunderstood but I can have have make use of of of the manifestation to have people some-more wakeful of it."

The teen was told her condition cannot be treated with colour since it had been held as well late.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a ongoing and disabling auto-immune disease inspiring usually 0.8% of the UK adult population.

The disease progresses really fast causing flourishing and deleterious cartilage and bone around the joints.

It affects we estimate 3 times some-more women than men and conflict is in all in between 40 to 60 years of age nonetheless it can start at any age.

Miss United Kingdom began in 1953 but was widely separated in to Miss England, Miss Scotland and Miss Wales in 2000.

Unfortunately no Miss England pretension hilt had left on to win the general foe Miss World.

Miss England orator Wing Li reliable Miss Logan was the initial competitor with a incapacity to get so far in the competition.

She said: "I think it is good that Kirstie is swelling recognition of her condition by Miss England.

"She is a really dauntless lady who has patently worked really tough to conflict by her illness.

"We have never had a competitor get to this theatre in the foe prior to who has had a disability, it is a genuine credit to Kirstie that she has finished so well.

"It shows that infirm people can be usually as pleasing - I instruct Kirstie all the most appropriate in the foe this Saturday."