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A FORMER Miss England finalist quit modelling to pursue her dream job of driving 44-tonne lorries across the country.

Milly Everatt, 23, won the runner-up trophy for the coveted title in 2022.

Since 2017, the beauty queen has been competing in professional beauty pageants - and was titled Miss Lincolnshire in 2018.

The Lincolnshire resident also won the Miss Charity crown after raising the most amount of money for philanthropy.

But in 2022, the model ditched her glamorous career and obtained both Class 1 and Class 2 HGV licences so she could fulfil her dream of becoming a lorry driver.

And now after some rigorous training and in-depth tests, Milly mostly lives on open roads driving her 44-tonne lorry across the country.

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The former model says she was inspired to become a truck driver after events like the Covid pandemic led to a shortage of drivers in England.

Milly, who grew up in a farm-like environment driving tractors around heavy machines, says it is fun behind the wheel being independent.

She told the Mail Online: "It's been so much fun getting behind the wheel of a big truck as part of my new day job!

"I love having the freedom that comes with driving, as it takes me all around the country, and the wages are great too."

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What especially struck Millie and led her to pursue the career was the fact that less than one per cent of British HGV drivers are females.

She says the evolving industry is "really exciting" and is encouraging other women to join their ranks.

Milly said: "With so many roles and training opportunities available, it's a really exciting industry to get involved with.

"For any women who are thinking of getting into logistics, my best advice is just to do it."

The former ramp-walker believes that it should be normalised for women to take up careers in heavy, machine-oriented industries, such as logistics.

"I think we're in modern times and there's nothing to stop girls getting involved in that kind of thing.

"It's not the norm but it should be. It's also something people don't think about often, it's not thought about enough in feminism.

"I know some farmers' daughters who don't do anything to help their parents farm. Agriculture has been forgotten about by feminism.

"Anything that breaks the stereotype has to be a good thing. I want to prove it's not just 40-year-old men that do this job and if it inspires other women to do the same, that would be amazing."

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