A 20-year-old student has made history becoming the first out gay Miss England. Grace Richardson represented the East Midlands in the finals at Wolverhampton's Grand Station on November 20 and 21. Speaking of her win, the musical theatre student said: "Knowing I'm able to share my story and represent a part of our community that hasn't been represented in this way before is really special." "It is important for young people in the LGBTQ community to see people representing them in all types of walks of life. I haven't seen anyone in pageantry talk about sexuality in the way that I have so it is important to me for them to feel seen." She continued: "I'm feeling quite empowered right now knowing that there is a whole community of women out there that are going to hopefully feel inspired by the fact that I have gone and said that so publicly in a competition where it's not really talked about." Congratulations, Grace! #MissEngland #LGBTQNews #LGBTQIA #GayNews