Ms Great Britain winner, 31, reveals she nearly died amid anorexia battle - Daily Mail

A 2020 Ms Great Britain winner has revealed how she nearly died after her weight plummeted to just three-and-a-half stone at the height of a crippling battle with anorexia. .

Ms Great Britain winner April Banbury, 32, from Hemel Hempsted, Hertfordshire, revealed she nearly died after her weight plummeted to just three and a half stone amid a crippling battle with anorexia.

April beat hundreds of other contestants to take home the Ms Great Britain crown in a glittering ceremony in Leicester last year.

With the help of her family, counselling and regular weight check-ins, April finally overcame her eating disorder at the age of 18.  .

Now a healthy eight-and-a-half stone, April spends her time educating young people about the eating disorder as an ambassador for charity Support and Education for Eating Disorders (SEED).  .

April beat hundreds of other contestants to take home the Ms Great Britain crown in a glittering ceremony in Leicester last year. .

Now a healthy eight-and-a-half stone, April spends her time educating young people about the eating disorder as an ambassador for charity Support and Education for Eating Disorders (SEED).

No stranger to the spotlight, April finished first runner-up in the Miss Great Britain final in both 2014 and 2016.

'I entered Miss Great Britain twice and came second both times. 

So to win the first ever Ms Great Britain and make history meant the world. 

Ms Great Britain was set up to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Miss Great Britain pageant, the country's longest-running beauty contest which has a stringent set of rules, including that all contestants must be ages between 18 and 27

'The process starts with an application, if you are successful you qualify as a Ms Great Britain finalist, which puts you through to the live finals,' April explained. 

Find out more information on Support and Education for Eating Disorders (SEED) at seed.charity