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Born in 1936, she met her future husband Ken Price at the age of 14. Two years after winning the Miss UK title, Eileen Sheridan married ex-bookie Ken and became Eileen Sheridan-Price.

History

As a teenager, Sheridan was interested in athletics and horse riding. Upon leaving school, she was spotted working in a department store by a photographer who persuaded her to sign up with the Cherry Marshall model agency in Mayfair. Her future husband persuaded her to enter the new Miss UK competition in Blackpool. After winning the pageant, she went on to compete in the Miss World competition, but was disappointed to finish in the last six. A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, based largely, though not always entirely, on the beauty of their physical appearance. ... The Miss World pageant is an international beauty pageant founded in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. ...

Life after the pageant

Sheridan spent ten years performing in old-time musicals as a male impersonator. Though they have no children, Ken and Eileen have been happily married for over 40 years.

Personal quote: (expressing gratitude to Eric Morley) "I was a Miss Nobody and he made me a Miss Somebody."