Guess what I did!
‘I BECAME A BEAUTY QUEEN IN MY 50s’
VIVIENNE RADFAR, 58, works part-time as a PA. She lives in Newport Pagnell with her husband, Mehran, 60.
If someone had told me 10 years ago that I’d start taking part in beauty pageants at the age of 54, I’d never have believed them. Yet here I am, doing just that.
Before I discovered pageants, my confidence was non-existent. I needed something just for me; a frivolous way of escaping the stresses of daily life.
It was August 2015 and I’d recently returned from a relative’s wedding in Los Angeles. It was amazingly glamorous – we were treated like film stars and I loved the dressing up. When I chanced on an advert on social media for a pageant called ‘Miss Over 50 and Fabulous’ I realised it was exactly what I needed – complete escapism. I sent in the application, along with a photo. I was delighted when I found
