'My mum was killed by a drug driver on the way home from a funeral - her death inspired me to become a beauty queen'

A woman whose mum was killed by a drug driver has revealed how her death inspired her to make a bucket list and become a beauty queen.

Solicitor Alice Cutler, 26, first hit the headlines in tragic circumstances after she was seriously injured in a smash which claimed her mum Tereasa's life in 2015.

The family had been heading home from a funeral when a BMW being driven by Lewis Faulkner ploughed into them head-on near Wimborne, Dorset.

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The 25-year-old construction worker, who had taken ecstasy and cannabis, was later jailed for more than four years at Bournemouth Crown Court. The crash left Alice, who was 18 at the time, orphaned after she lost her father to cancer a few years earlier but she refused to let either tragedy stop her living her life.

She went on to become a successful commercial property solicitor and made a bucket list of things she wanted to do, including entering Miss England. And she was left stunned when she was picked by judges as wildcard entry for this year's semi-final competition, meaning she is now bidding to be crowned Miss England.

Alice is now using her beauty queen platform to raise awareness during Road Safety Week and support the charity Brake as part of her Beauty With A Purpose project.

Alice, from Southampton, said: "My mum absolutely inspired me to do this. At Miss Hampshire, I was asked who my role model was, I said my mum. She was so focused on building the best life she could for us. She went to college and did a night course to get into university.

“She started doing the bookkeeping for my dad's company, she