Back to March 2019 when My fellow Team GB girls and I flew to Egypt to compete in the Miss mermaid International Pageant! 

For 2 full weeks it was hard work, rehersals, catwalks, interviews, ocean conservation and photoshoots... Plus a whole load of fun with my girls! 

I absolutely had the time of my life! 

I came in the top 5 in the categories for Creativity and Best in Water! 

Creativity Round involved us creating a unique mermaid look, so I created a halterneck pearl mermaid bra covered in handstiched sequins, gems and shells! 

For the Best in Water challenege, I scored maximum points on both the underwater photo round and the dynamic swim round! 

Despite not coming in the top 3, I am happy with my 6th place out of about 40 countries! 

What a ride! 

Here's to many more Mermaid adventures! 

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So, all the way back in September 2018, I competed for the second time in the Miss Mermaid UK Pageant, this time as Miss Mermaid Cheshire!

The rounds included 

- Beachwear Round 
- Eco Round
- Underwater Photoshoot 
- Underwater Dynamic Swim 
- Ballgown Round 

For the Beachwear Round, I sported a cheeky yellow bikini with a black sarong and some aviator sunglasses! 

For the Eco Round. I fashioned a hula skirt and mermaid bikini top out of recyclable materials, plastic bags, plastic containers and old wire, and the bikini top with shells I found on my local beach! 

My underwater photoshoot with Paul Dale went really well and I tried out some backbend positions that no one had seen before! 

For the dynamic swim, I am thrilled to announce that I was awarded the "Best in Water" title after swimming the longest distance underwater out of the competitors! This was the title I was really proud to win and the one I was most after! 

For the Ballgown Round, I wore a stunning dress from Quiz Clothing and felt so elegant as I walked across the stage, I love dressing up! 

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I am so happy to say that I came away with a winning title and a secondary title! 

On the night of the pageant, I was given the title of Miss Mermaid Wales to be sent to Egypt to represent the UK and compete in the Miss Mermaid International Pageant! I was so thrilled when they called my name! 

Lots and Lots of preparation went underway to get us ready for the International competition ... Come on Team GB! 

 Shello My Darlings!

It has been a while since my last post, I have certainly been a very busy Mermaid! But I just couldn't wait to tell you about the Merfolk Uk Convention 2018 that I attended last weekend! Be prepared... This is a long one! 

The event was organised at the end of last year, and I bought my tickets way back in October- Eek! I had heard so much about it from fellow UK Mermaids and I had researched it myself, and everything I had heard about it was amazing, let me tell you, I was not disappointed! 

The event took place on Saturday the 7th of April 2018 down in London, so myself and some of my mersisters had arranged to spend the whole weekend in London to catch up and have fun! Seeing as we are based all over the country and it had been so long since we saw each other, we thought it would be lovely for us to spend some quality time together! 

Myself and two of my mersisters travelled down to London (singing Disney songs the whole journey) where we met the adorable Mermaid Athira who is none other than the representative for Miss Mermaid Sweden! We hit it off immediately and we are now really good friends, I count her as one of my adoptive mersisters!

It was a wonderful Friday night, we were all so excited for the next day! We went out for dinner and met up with some other mers, including Lily Rose, the English Mermaid! What a beauty she is! A sassy and cool mer, she always had it together! 

We could all hardly sleep from all the excitement and anticipation for the day ahead!  We were woken by a knock on the door, our beautiful Becca Blue, Miss Mermaid Scotland had arrived to join us! After donning our makeup and Mermaid Crowns, we headed to the event!

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When we reached the venue, we were reunited with my darling mersisters, Jessiella, Liana, Merstacia, Hannah, Sam and Mermomma Grace! 

So much giggling and chatting and laughing, we headed round the stalls, including:
Siki Red Fins
Apneists UK
Planet Mermaid
Prisma Tails
Hire a Mermaid UK
and 
Merthology Creations!

All spectacular, they each offered something unique and special! Not to mention we were reunited with our Mertographer from Merpod1, Mr Paul Dale!

A quick tour of the stalls was followed by the announcement that the pool was now open! And of course, us water babies flocked to the pool like a magnet pulls metal!

Splashing around, swimming in and out of tails, weaving between Merfolk​, my Mersisters and I had the most fintastic time! We spent the full three hours in the water, sacrificing lunch to spend more time in the pool! 

After emerging from the water (following lots of videos, photos and games), we were shown back to the hall where talks were given by Merthology Creations, Hire a Mermaid UK and Planet Mermaid. We snaffled some food and enjoyed the talks, then crossed our fingers as the winners of the Raffle were chosen! A few of my mersisters won some prizes, the lucky guppies! 

​After meeting so many wonderful mers, we decided to all go out together for a lovely evening meal at a local restaurant. With good food, live music and perfect company, it truly was the best weekend a girl could ask for. 

I look forward to the next great adventure my mersisters and I get up to! 

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​​The thing is, I have always loved Mermaids, mythology and legends, and I was well aware of the fact you could attend Mermaid camps in the US. However, as a student, travelling all the way to the States to become a Mermaid just was not feasible. So when I came across a Mercamp in the UK, I nearly fell off my chair. It took me all of about 3 minutes to have emailed the provider, sent her 4 texts and booked my place on the camp which was over 8 months away. I honestly didn’t care that it was so long away, I just knew I had to do it.
 
Fast forward to now, having completed the camp, trained as a freediver and been insured appropriately, I am now living my life as a real life Mermaid and I have not looked back. Not only does this wonderful job allow me to educate children on the importance of keeping the oceans and seas clean, and making them aware of conservation efforts while keeping it fun, it allows me to pay my way through medical school in pursuit of my dreams of becoming a doctor.
 
That’s just a little snippet of my journey into who I am and the start of my journey! I will be writing more and hopefully doing some short video blogs too, so keep your eyes peeled! If you have any questions or you’d like to ask me to talk about a certain topic or you have any suggestions for me, just throw them my way and I’d be so happy to get back to you!
 


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For now,
 
Bubble Kisses and Starfish Wishes
 
Lots of Love
 
Athena

xo