Story from Jam Press (Carpenter Beauty Queen)
Pictured: Saoire Palmer.
Nailed on winner! Beauty queen hopeful is carpenter by day
A Miss England beauty queen hopeful is a carpenter by day
Raven-haired Saoire Palmer has been a chippy for three years.
The 21-year-old fell in love with the male-dominated trade after sampling it during work experience at school when she was 15.
She said she’s had to put up sexist comments and attitudes.
But now she is a Miss England semi-finalist she hopes it will act as a platform to show off her gritty day job.
Saoire told What’s The Jam: “I have had to deal with a lot of unwanted sexist pick-up lines and comments.
“Due to there being such a contrast in the two things that I am currently doing.
“I am a pretty young lady and that is not something you see often on site.
“Men tend to get quite judgmental about this thinking I am just there to be there and not pursue a passion that I have within the industry.
“They underestimate my capabilities as they don’t expect a young feminine lady to be able to carry as much weight as them.
“And to be able to do a typical ‘man’s job’ just as good if not better than most of them on the site.
“The endless sexist comments and judgments is something I don’t think will fade.
“But with the platform from Miss England, I am hoping to educate everyone on how we can do these jobs that people think are for men just as good, despite being a pretty feminine woman.
“A lot of guys have gotten quite jealous in the past knowing that I am more or less surrounded by mainly men day to day due to being on site in a heavily male dominated environment.”
Saoire, of Harold Wood, near Romford, east London added: “Some men can get intimidated that I am doing such a physically male dominated job and that can affect things.
“Balancing both lives is sometimes tricky but it is the one of the most rewarding things I have done.
“The way I have learnt to switch it up from b