9 O# `$ F1 ~: b 在发表对选美大赛的看法时,洛伊斯说:“我是一个典型的女孩,喜欢打扮自己,我不认为展示自己的美有什么不好。‘英国小姐’选美赛就是在展现女性身上最美好的东西——个性、外表和才智。” 5 g6 V+ S$ N2 y
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洛伊斯的母亲是爱尔兰南部一家饭店的老板。她表示,一家人都支持洛伊斯参加选美大赛,家人将于5月21日亲自到伦敦为洛伊斯助阵。 8 \( @- L2 B7 [0 n1 f / i r0 e" B2 \- ?1 H# [ 9 ]+ s; H& e9 F7 |Oxford girl with beauty and brains on verge of unique double firstBeauty contestants are not usually known for their great intellect or grasp of world affairs. 8 q2 E4 \ b y2 X5 s" e1 HBut Lois Day - the first Oxford University student to make the finals of the Miss Great Britain contest - is determined to change all that. For Lois there will be no platitudes about working for charity - instead she can talk about the MSc in Financial Economics she is studying at the university’s Saïd Business School. : I- Q( E; P7 L% g3 V " C0 M3 B' R! l, w) c; d
That puts the 23-year-old at odds with her main rivals for the title, including Amanda Harrington, from Birkenhead - the latest winner of Nuts magazine’s Bedroom Babes competition - and Fay Bevan, from Newport, whose CV details a ‘four-page spread in Knicker Draw’. Lois, who was born in London and moved to Ireland as a child, is one of 50 finalists for next month’s competition after making it through to the finals of Miss England last year. "I absolutely loved the experience and I decided that I really wanted to try again. I’m so excited," she said. Lois was an undergraduate at Trinity College in Dublin, where her first-class degree in Economics and Social Studies helped secure her place at Oxford. She said: "The course is hard work - everyone laughs at us 'geeks' in the business school for working so much. The exams are horrendous but I love the course as it is great for preparing for the work I want to go on to do." Lois, who is lining up an internship in a New York investment bank when she graduates, defended the pageant against claims it was sexist. "I’m a real girls’ girl - I love dressing up but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being pretty and a feminist. This competition is about celebrating all the best parts of women - their presence, personality and looks." Lois’s mother Liz, who runs a hotel in southern Ireland, said the whole family, including Lois’s two sisters, would be in London on May 21 to cheer her on.