Kim Ashfield (born 5 January 1959) is a former

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from

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who was awarded the title of

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in 1980. As

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, she competed in

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. As Miss United Kingdom, she placed as the 4th runner-up in

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Pageants

Ashfield won the Miss Wales title early in 1980 and went on to represent Wales at

on 8 July in

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, where she was unplaced. She then won the Miss United Kingdom title. 1st runner-up was Nicky Poole and 2nd runner-up was that years

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, Julie Duckworth. Ashfield was only the fourth Welsh woman to win the Miss UK title, after

Rosemarie Frankland Rosemarie Franklin (1 February 1943 – 2 December 2000) born in Rhosllanerchrugog a village near Wrexham. She was a Wales, Welsh actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1961, having previously finished as first runner-up at Miss Univ ...

in 1961,

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in 1974, both of whom went on to win the Miss World title and Elizabeth Jones in 1978 (6th at Miss World). On 13 November at

in London, Ashfield became the third Welsh woman to reach the top five of the Miss World contest. The following years Miss United Kingdom, Michelle Donnelly, was also Welsh and also placed fifth at Miss World 1981. It would be over thirty years until a Welsh contestant returned to the top five, when Sophie Moulds was 1st runner-up at

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Filmography

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References

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