BRECON teenager Sam Lewis has been named Miss Powys - 18 months after a car accident ruined her promising hairdressing career.

The 19-year-old beat two other Powys finalists to land the title, the results of which were announced on the same evening as Miss Wales, at a glittering ceremony at Cardiff's St David's Hall.

"It still hasn't sunk in to be honest, it doesn't feel real," said the bubbly teen, who sustained injuries to her neck and shoulder in a November 2010 crash that forced her to give up full-time hairdressing.

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