Cardiff-born Hazel Roper, won the Miss Wales title
in 1953 and went on to represent Wales in the Sunday
Despatch Bathing Beauty Contest in Morecombe prior to
it becoming the Miss Great Britain Contest. Hazel was
also a young highly talented ballerina who trained both
in Cardiff and London. She later went on to become involved
in teaching ballet and dance in addition to pursuing
her love of performance, theatre and modeling. Besides
winning many accolades and certificates in ballet as
a young dancer she also took part in a number of beauty
contests winning Miss Ryvita with other successes in
the Miss Bristol Channel, Miss Dairy Princess and many
others contests. Today Hazel Gidden lives in Cardiff
with her husband John. She has three children, Angela,
Richard and Jonathan and six grandchildren who are all
extremely proud of her. |
