英國一對母女赴美參加全球頂級選美大賽
A mother and daughter team are toasting their incredible success at one of the world's top beauty pageants.
一對母女組合在世界頂級選美比賽中取得了不可思議的成功。Sarah Louise Pritchard, 41, and Ella Ravenscroft, 18, were crowned Mrs Galaxy UK and Miss Teen Galaxy England earlier this year after entering the competition together for the first time.
今年早些時候，第一次參加這項比賽的41歲的莎拉·路易斯·普里查德和18歲的艾拉·拉芬斯克洛夫就分別獲得了“英國銀河女士”和“英國銀河小姐”的桂冠。Their win secured them a place at the 2017 Galaxy International pageant in Orlando, Florida, where they joined dozens of other beauty queens from across the world in the race for the global crown.
她們就這樣贏得了2017年在美國佛羅里達州奧蘭多舉辦的國際銀河選美大會的入場券，在那裏她們將與來自世界各地的選美皇后角逐世界級的冠軍。
Sarah, who runs her own beauty salon, wowed judges who placed her first in every stage of competition, which saw her bag the title of Mrs Galaxy International 2017. Ella was named fourth runner-up in the Miss Teen Galaxy competition.
自己經營一家美容院的莎拉，一登臺就驚豔了各位評委，一舉成爲了2017年國際銀河女士。而艾拉則在國際銀河小姐的比賽中排名第四。Sarah said: "Me and my husband Martin have six children between us, four of them girls, and I was constantly hearing them go on about their weight and how they looked."
莎拉表示：“我和我丈夫馬丁有六個孩子，其中四個都是女孩，我總是聽到她們抱怨自己的身材和外表。”"I realised that me dieting all the time and trying to lose weight wasn't sending them the right message, they are all so beautiful and I wanted to show them this."
“我意識到，我總是在節食減肥，這樣就給她們傳遞了錯誤的信號。她們很美，而我想讓她們知道這一點。”"I decided on a whim to enter the competition and the next day I thought, 'God, what have I done!'"
“我一時興起決定去參加比賽。第二天我就想：天哪，我都做了什麼！”"It was really frightening the first time for Mrs Galaxy UK, I cried to my husband the night before, but when I got up there and did it and won I was so proud of myself."
“第一次參加英國銀河女士的比賽其實挺害怕的，我在前一晚跟我丈夫哭訴，但是等我到那裏並且成功了之後，我挺爲我自己驕傲的。”Despite missing out on the top prize, Ella, who was snapped up last year by Manchester's modelling agency and works with her mother, is set to fly back to the States in November to train with top beauticians.
雖然女兒艾拉沒有摘得桂冠，但已於去年被曼徹斯特一家造型機構選中和母親一起工作，將於今年11月再次飛赴美國，接受頂級美容師的培訓。
