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The new Miss England who was crowned last night started her new job today, as a junior doctor just hours after winning.

Bhasha Mukherjee, has a genius IQ score, is fluent in English, Bengali, Hindi, German and French, and also has two bachelor degrees.

Bhasha, 23, who grew up in India but now lives in Derby, said: “I was always the teacher’s pet in school – I won the Einstein Award for being the smartest in my class and I was the top of my school with my GCSE results.

“I was a bit of a loner as a child as I was new to the country and moved about schools a lot, meaning that I was always branded the ‘new kid’.

“I was teased a bit for being eccentric and dramatic, but my way out was studying and competitions – I was just so passionate about learning.

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“Some people might think pageant girls are airheads, but we all stand for a cause.

"We're all trying to showcase to the world that actually just because we're pretty, it doesn't end there - we're actually trying to use our reach and influence to do something good.

“My pageant career all started to happen while I was in the middle of studying at medical school – it took a lot of convincing for me to do it, but eventually I decided to do it to balance out my studying and give me a break.”

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Throughout her studies she always wanted to be an astronaut but once she left school, she decided to try her hand in the performing arts and eventually found her way into modelling.

Bhasha was scouted in 2016 to compete in a pageant which aimed to increase diversity in beauty contests across the UK, before entering Miss England this year.

By scooping Miss England, she will win a holiday to Mauritius and entry into the prestigious global Miss World pageant.

In an earlier interview, Bhasha said: “My nerves are really high at the moment, and I have to catch a 4am train after the Miss England final just to make my induction day at the hospital.

"I’ve really enjoyed competing in the pageant as everyone is so lovely.

“One thing I’ve taken from it is a lovely group of supportive friends – we’re definitely not at each other's throats like you’d expect, it’s all very supportive."