British university student becomes England's first amputee beauty queen

From Metro in the UK:

Chloe Jones (pictured) lost a leg when a van rear ended a taxi, sending the out-of-control car flying towards her as she walked home from lectures.

The taxi pinned her up against a wall, almost severing her left leg below the knee and no one has ever been caught for causing the accident.

In an instant, the 20-year-old’s carefree life as a textiles student at Nottingham Trent University was turned upside down and she faced an uncertain future.

But within two months, she was out of hospital and back at university where she realised there was a severe lack of role models for people like her.

So she decided to become one herself by entering the Miss Nottingham beauty contest.

‘Before the accident, I would never have even considered entering a beauty pageant,’ said Miss Jones, from York.

‘But I sent in my pictures, and to my amazement I made it to the final.’

The judges were so impressed that they crowned her Miss Charity for raising £1,300 for her local hospice.