BEBINGTON beauty Michelle Walker has scored a model hat-trick by winning first Miss Merseyside 2000, then Miss Great Britain 2000 and now Model of the World!

Last month the domestic titles, part of the Miss Tourism World competition, came her way in the Devonshire House hotel in Edge Lane and then the Stringfellows nightclub in London.

After a gruelling week of rehearsals, fitness instructor Michelle, pictured, won the Model of the Year competition in Turkey beating 41 contestants from around the world.

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