Article: You don't have to be bolshy to get ahead ..I have standards that give me the security to be myself; EXCLUSIVE MISS NORTHERN IRELAND BARES ALL MELISSA REVEALS HOW SHE ROSE TO BECOME A No1 BEAUTY QUEEN.(News)

Byline: BY JILLY BEATTIE

MELISSA Patton is an old-fashioned girl. She likes pretty clothes, subtle make-up, good manners and beauty pageants.

At 20 years old she is sweet and kind with a determination to remain feminine at all times.

It is a fact the current Miss Northern Ireland could be transported back to the 1950s and fit in a dream.

Yet despite her young age and girlishness, she has taken on the world and to date, has come out smiling.

Where other girls of her generation have turned to so-called alternative lifestyles, there are no sloppy clothes for ...

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