DOCTOR CARINA TYRRELL

Tyrrell is a British-Swiss public figure, doctor, model, and former Miss England and Miss United Kingdom at Miss World.

On 16 June 2014, Tyrrell was crowned Miss England at the Riviera International Conference Centre Torquay, and on 14 December 2014 she placed in the top 5 and was crowned Miss United Kingdom at Miss World at the ExCeL London.

Tyrrell was a student doctor at Cambridge University at the time of competing, and she remains the most successful Miss England contestant ever winning 4 of the 10 qualifying rounds in the finals of the competition, including the swimwear round.

In 2016, Tyrrell qualified as a medical doctor from Cambridge University with a first class degree and distinctions. She has worked in Oxford, Cambridge, and London, as a front line clinician for the NHS and as an Academic Clinical Fellow. Tyrrell obtained her Master of Public Health with distinction from Cambridge University in 2019.

Tyrrell has co-founded a company and works in health policy, global health, and health tech, and is a healthcare and life sciences investor. She continues to publish, sit on panels, and give talks and interviews on these subject areas. Tyrrell is a philanthropist and an ambassador for multiple charities.

Interests

Sport

• Skiing – qualified ski instructor
• Gymnastics – KiteKat British Amateur Gymnastics Association Award, First Class Award, 2000
• Trampoline – British Trampoline Federation Proficiency Scheme Awards, First Class Award, 2001
• She also enjoys running, tennis, water-skiing, and swimming

Talents

• Bilingual in English and French, intermediate Spanish
• Singing
• Dancing and Choreography – hip hop, jazz, ballet, tap dancing (5th and 8th place in the National Tap Dancing Championships, Switzerland)
• Dress designing and making – for amateur operatic society productions and yearly school charity fashion show
• Acting – Amateur Operatic Society 1999-2006, with leading role in 2006
• Painting and drawing – work exhibited in Prangins Castle, Switzerland, 2008

Charity

• Raised £19,800 over several years for the international children’s charity “Terre des Hommes”, for which she has been given special thanks by the charity: on one occasion, she ran 31 miles – her greatest running distance achievement
• Participated in the yearly school fashion show by designing, creating and modelling my own range of clothes, from 2002–2008, to raise money for the international charity “Global Harmony”
• Poetry publications for charity, “Poetry in your Pocket” book collection, winning 2nd and 3rd prize, poems in English and French, 2007-2008