Jen Atkin is none other than Miss Great Britain 2020 and wants the world to know the lessons she learned on the way to her success. She made healthy living her guiding star and changed her diet completely, said goodbye to a sedentary lifestyle, and lost over 100 pounds. She went from weighing over 240 pounds to around 125 pounds (almost 50 kilogrammes) in two years. However, the Miss Great Britain competition is more than just a beauty pageant. The ladies who take part have a strong business spirit and work tirelessly to help charities. Past events have raised money for Cancer Research UK and Alex’s Wish, which helps cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Atkin is an aviation administrator from Cleethorpes, a coastal town in North East Lincolnshire, England, on the Humber Estuary. She was crowned Miss Scunthorpe before placing second in the Miss England competition in 2018. Due to the global pandemic, her reign as Miss Great Britain, which was set to end in 2020, was extended.

In 2021, Atkin revealed she is bisexual and has been sexually attracted to women since she was a teenager. She is the country’s first openly bisexual Miss Great Britain. She revealed she dated a female neighbor when she was 14 and thought she was a lesbian at the time, but went on to date men and even got engaged to one. Atkin has expressed the hope that coming out publically will aid others who are currently in the closet.