Wortley's own Miss Leeds Viki Bailey came third in Miss England 2009 competition.
* Click here to sign up to free news and sport email alerts from Wortley Today.The 23-year-old lost out to Rachel Christie - Linford Christie's niece.
* Click here to become a fan of Wortley Today on Facebook.Viki has been running her own beauty business for the last two years while attending auditions in the performing arts business.
The event was marred by spectators who gathered outside the entrance of Metropole Hilton Hotel to denounce the competition as sexist.
Protesters held aloft banners bearing slogans "every woman is a queen" and "beauty is not skin deep".
The protest echoes similar demonstrations held last year when the Miss University London competition was branded as "misogynist" by some student groups.
But Ms Christie seemed unperturbed by such worries, telling competition organisers: "My ambition in life is to compete and win gold in the 2012 Olympics.
"I would also love to do well in Miss England, I want to be successful in whatever I choose to do in life."
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