At 16 years old, upon leaving school, Cross successfully applied for a job as a photographic model with an agency in London. Soon she was to accept opportunities for television adverts and bit-parts.
In December 1972 she entered a Miss England heat in Streatham, which she failed to win. She tried for another heat in London in February and qualified for the final of the Miss England competition and also qualified her to enter the Miss UK pageant. At the Miss World competition, she managed to come sixth.[2]
Life after the pageant
Cross now lives in Poole and works as a show house demonstrator[clarification needed]. She takes part in opera singing with a company called Pocket Opera. She is unmarried.
Personal quotes
I'd spent a month preparing for that by starving myself. I was 8st 5lbs. When I look at pictures I wince at the sight of the jutting collarbone. I can see I looked too thin, but at the time I was delighted by my protruding bones and concave stomach.
Eating so little wasn't good for my health. For six months my periods packed up completely, a sure sign of starvation.
[Opera singing has] become the love of my life—I don't have deep regrets about not marrying or having children, but I do regret that I never trained as an opera singer like my mother. If I could trade my title for the chance to work as a professional opera singer I'd do it like a shot.
veronica, cross, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, especially, pote. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Veronica Ann Cross news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message Veronica Ann Cross born 1950 daughter of a Covent Garden opera singer won the Miss United Kingdom beauty pageant in 1973 1 At 16 years old upon leaving school Cross successfully applied for a job as a photographic model with an agency in London Soon she was to accept opportunities for television adverts and bit parts In December 1972 she entered a Miss England heat in Streatham which she failed to win She tried for another heat in London in February and qualified for the final of the Miss England competition and also qualified her to enter the Miss UK pageant At the Miss World competition she managed to come sixth 2 Life after the pageant EditCross now lives in Poole and works as a show house demonstrator clarification needed She takes part in opera singing with a company called Pocket Opera She is unmarried Personal quotes EditI d spent a month preparing for that by starving myself I was 8st 5lbs When I look at pictures I wince at the sight of the jutting collarbone I can see I looked too thin but at the time I was delighted by my protruding bones and concave stomach Eating so little wasn t good for my health For six months my periods packed up completely a sure sign of starvation Opera singing has become the love of my life I don t have deep regrets about not marrying or having children but I do regret that I never trained as an opera singer like my mother If I could trade my title for the chance to work as a professional opera singer I d do it like a shot References Edit Evening Times Google News Archive Search Pittsburgh Post Gazette Google News Archive Search Preceded byJennifer McAdam Miss United Kingdom1973 Succeeded byHelen Morgan This article about a model in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This English biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Veronica Ann Cross amp oldid 1083149739, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
