SHE'S a familiar face from the catwalks of Oxford Fashion Week.

Now a student from Woodstock is hoping the city supports her in her mission to be crowned Miss Wales.

Clarissa Boon, 21, is in the running for the title alongside 35 other finalists, with a shot at Miss World on offer for the woman who wins.

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The former Marlborough School pupil, who is now a student at Cardiff University, said: "I applied on a whim, I've never done a pageant or anything like this before, just a bit of modelling in Oxford Fashion Week.

"I'm part Welsh - my nan is from Penarth - and I now live in Cardiff when I'm studying.

"I saw this advertised and it was my family who said I should try to enter.

"I didn't think I would hear anything back but a week later I was told I had got an interview and then I made it as a finalist."

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Ms Boon is now gearing up for the grand final of the competition on April 13.

A public vote is running on the Miss Wales website with the winner being given a ten point lead in the competition.

Before the charity ball on the Saturday, contestants will take part in a series of challenges including walking on glass, self defence and a four mile sponsored 'wedge walk'.

Ms Boon has also been participating in a number of fundraising activities in advance of the big day.

The English undergraduate was tasked with demonstrating a random act of kindness and choose to hand out cakes to homeless people in Cardiff's city centre.

The event raises money for local children's charities and Beauty With a Purpose, the official Miss World charity which runs projects for disadvantaged people across the world.

On taking part in the competition, she said: "I thought it would be a nice way of meeting new people, a fun way to meet other girls from across Wales.

"The fundraising side is really important to me, it makes a big difference for children's lives."

More than 1,000 women enter Miss Wales every year and the competition has raised £600,000.

Whoever wins is guaranteed a spot in the international competition and will compete against more than 100 other countries.

It's not the first time Oxford has produced a hopeful in the famous contest.

Last year Miss England candidate Samantha Bumford took to the pitch at the Kassam to drum up support among fans.