Cpl. Katrina Hodge... Someone You Should Know

Not to make light of the sacrifices made of others, but I felt it was time for a bit of levity.

The glamorous 22 year old was awarded a medal of bravery for disarming an insurgent while on a tour of Iraq at the age of 18 and was recently promoted to the level of Corporal.

Why should we know her?

Katrina said it best when she said, "Everybody calls me Combat Barbie because I love pink but they know I can do the job. I'm proof you don't have to be butch to join the forces."

Kat, nicknamed 'Combat Barbie' by her fellow soldiers in the Royal Anglian Regiment, was spotted by La Senza to front the campaign when she won second place in this year's Miss England contest.

Corporal Katrina Hodge was sitting in her barracks in Surrey wearing regulation combats, hair scraped back and face devoid of make-up, when the telephone rang.

The call was from the organiser of the Miss England competition, offering her the title. The previous holder, Rachel Christie, had been involved in an alleged nightclub brawl the week before and forced to stand down.

As runner-up in the contest last July, Katrina was the natural successor.

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