Katrina Hodge

Modelling

Hodge became a model for a lingerie firm, La Senza, in 2009. She was the runner-up in that year's Miss England competition, but she was awarded the Miss England title after the winner of the pageant, Rachel Christie, resigned it after being involved in a fight. Hodge only had 48 hours to prepare before taking part in the 59th Miss World pageant held in South Africa.

As Miss England, Hodge persuaded the organisers of the pageant to remove the bikini round from their competition. This, she said, would change people's views of beauty pageants: "To be Miss England you don't have to be the girl who looks best in a swimsuit, thankfully it's much more than that, it's about being a good role model". The bikini round of the 2010 competition was replaced with a sportswear round.

During six months leave from the Army that Hodge was granted during her time as Miss England, she fronted a dating site, Uniform Dating, which aims to help uniformed personnel to find romantic partners.

Return to army Hodge handed over the Miss England crown to Jessica Linley in September 2010, and returned to active duty in the Army. After various training exercises, she deployed to Afghanistan in early 2011.

Quitting the army and abuse allegations In 2015, Hodge decided to leave the army in order to become a banker. In 2018, she revealed that she suffered from sexist abuse from her male colleagues during her deployment in Iraq, and kept receiving insulting messages from them even after her retirement.