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Sara Beverley Jones (born c. 1985) is a British beauty pageant contestant, actress and model who was Miss Manchester 2009, being crowned at the Palace Hotel, Manchester. She was previously runner-up in the same competition in 2007.

Personal

Born in Salford, Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

, Jones attended Hope High School on Eccles Old Road, Salford where she got her first taste of acting on Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

 when the school was used as Weatherfield High on the popular soap opera.

She also appeared on Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...

 as an extra, before going onto wattend Pendleton College

Pendleton College

Pendleton College was a sixth form college in the Pendleton district of Salford, Greater Manchester. As of January 2009 the campus merged with Eccles College and Salford College and is now a part of Salford City College and is situated between the A6 and the A576, between Irlams o' th' Height and...

 which was previously attended by the greats of Manchesters entertainment scene, such as Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson

Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC....

 and Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE is a British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...

. She went on to study at the University of Salford

University of Salford

The University of Salford is a campus university based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England with approximately 20,000 registered students. The main campus is about west of Manchester city centre, on the A6, opposite the former home of the physicist, James Prescott Joule and the Working Class...

 where she graduated in 2006 with an HND in Media and Performance.

She currently works as a club promoter whilst pursuing her career in acting through the Urban Talent Agency. Her on-stage work includes productions at the Ben Kingsley and Robert Powell theatres.

Controversy

In the early hours of November 1, 2009, Jones was assaulted by the then Miss England Rachel Christie

Rachel Christie

Rachel Sophia Adina Christie is a British beauty pageant contestant and athlete who was briefly Miss England 2009, and the first black mixed race woman to hold the title.-Personal:...

 who was arrested following an incident at Mansions nightclub in Manchester. Rachel Christie subsequently announced her withdrawal from the Miss World competition and relinquished her Miss England crown. The crown was passed on to the runner-up in the 2009 pageant, Katrina Hodge

Katrina Hodge

Corporal Katrina Hodge is a serving member of the British Army from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent in south-east England who was Miss England 2009.-Biography:...

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Achievements

• Miss Trafford 2006 (4th).
• Miss Model UK photographic winner 2006.
• Miss England finalist 2006.
• Miss Manchester runner up (2nd)2007.
• Miss Bykerbabe winner 2007 (calendar released 2008) (1000 entrants).
• Miss Bredbury Hall finalist 2007.
• Miss Manchester 2009 winner.
• Miss England finalist 2009.