Kerry Sexton, 20, of Harrison Road, Worthing, applied to the Kerri Parker Acadamy’s Bikini Squad competion in February. The Academy is looking for 12 women to represent the UK in international pageants, be photographed for calendars and to become a face of the Academy. Kerry said: “It has given me so much confidence already and has taught me to try different things, because I least expected to get the chance to do this, I never saw myself as a model before now and it has already given me such great opportunity’s and could be a huge change in my future career.” The 12 winners from the Norwich final will be flown out to Hollywood to compete against 12 American models for the title of Model of the Year 2013. The winners will also have the opportunity to be entered into Miss Globe International, in turkey and Miss Bikini International,in china, The Academy is owned by full time model Kerri Parker as a way of helping new models enter the industry.