Sandra Marie graduated from Birmingham Theatre School in 2006, hoping to forge a career in acting.
She entered Miss Limo 2007, and after achieving a runner up spot, began to compete in pageants on a regular basis.
Sandra Marie's introduction to beauty pageants came in 2007, challenging for the title of Miss Limo.
She achieved a runner up position, an excellent result for a first competition, made all the more remarkable as she was initially entered by a friend as a practical joke.
[2] Sandra's win in the Miss Beauty Queen Birmingham competition and subsequent victory at the national contest gave her the title Miss British International and a place in the world final in Chicago, her first appearance at an international pageant.