Meet the Emirates flight attendant Miss Scotland 2018!
- Publish date: Saturday، 06 October 2018
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- An Emirates flight attendant won Miss Scotland 2018 — then went straight back to work at the airline.
- Linzi McLelland has been at the forefront of the airline's public relations campaign for its newly launched flights from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Edinburgh, Scotland.
- McLelland lives an unsurprisingly jet-set lifestyle and posts pictures of her travels on Instagram.
- She will represent her country at the Miss World competition in China later this year.
Meet 24-year-old Linzi McLelland, who recently won Miss Scotland 2018 and then went straight back to work as a flight attendant for Emirates airlines.
McLelland beat out 11 other contestants to win the coveted crown in Glasgow, Scotland, this June. She had previously competed unsuccessfully, in 2014.
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On Monday, the airline — based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates — launched flights to Edinburgh, Scotland — and McLelland has been at the forefront of their public relations campaign.
Flights between Dubai and Edinburgh are now scheduled for one a day for the rest of the year, according to Emirates Woman.
McLelland has lived in Dubai for the last two years, but told Scottish press she is glad to be back in her homeland as the country's new poster girl.
"Being Miss Scotland is not just about outer beauty, it's about inner beauty too, and what you can do for others," she said. "I also travel the world in my job and see how beautiful Scotland is."
The flight attendant regularly posts pictures of her travels on Instagram, even though much of her time is now spent on Emirates' promotions team. Here she is in Monaco…