Fighting fit beauty queen swaps catwalk for the boxing ring

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A beauty queen has proven she's a real knockout after winning her first ever boxing match.  Rheanna Cartier, 21, a former "shy and awkward" teenager turned international bikini model, stepped into the ring for the first time at The Empire in Aldershot on March 23.  After three intense rounds, her opponent threw in the towel, and Rheanna emerged victorious.  She trained for eight weeks ahead of the fight, aiming to prove that boxing, like pageants, can be for everyone.  Rheanna now plans to continue boxing as it brings her new happiness and confidence.

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00:00Let's go!

00:01Aggressive now, like you want it, like you want it!

00:03Big hook!

00:04Pull that hook!

00:06So, my name is Rihanna Cartier, I'm 21 years old,

00:10and I'm a beauty queen, but I've decided to change

00:13and just try something new.

00:16I saw the Ultra White Colour event

00:18and I decided to participate in it,

00:21so that's what I'm doing tonight.

00:23I'm a bit scared, but I've changed from pageants to boxing

00:27just for tonight.

00:29Tonight I'm doing a boxing fight.

00:32I'm doing three rounds, two minutes each round.

00:36I've decided to do it because I wanted to try something new.

00:39I've loved doing pageants and I'll continue to do them,

00:42but I just wanted to have an event which was similar,

00:45in a way where it's like a glam event,

00:48but then I'm actually doing a boxing bout

00:50instead of a beauty pageant.

00:52I'm feeling very nervous, but I'm excited

00:56and I feel like once I step out that ring,

00:58after completing this, it will give me a lot more confidence

01:02and just improve my mind and just make me more disciplined.

01:07This whole journey training for this has been so difficult

01:10because all the time I've been thinking,

01:12should I do it, should I not?

01:14I'm just so glad that I've finally done it

01:16and after I finish that round,

01:18I feel like it will give me confidence

01:20to try new things in the future.

01:22A lot of people have been so shocked

01:24and they thought that I was doing modelling

01:27at an event like the Ring Girl,

01:29at this event, when I posted about it,

01:31and then when I said that I'm doing boxing,

01:33people were very shocked,

01:35but I'm actually glad that I've tried something completely new

01:38because I've met so many new people

01:41and had such a good time training

01:43and I think it's good to just try different things

01:47and not just because someone does anything in life

01:50it doesn't define what they do,

01:52they can just try new things.

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