Former beauty queen Trudy Shingler dies, aged 35

A former top West Midland beauty queen and successful career woman has died aged 35.

Married mother-of-one Trudy Shingler passed away after a short illness.

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She had claimed a string of beauty titles before turning to a successful career as a forensic psychologist.

The Walsall-born former Aldridge Community School pupil was diagnosed with a brain tumour in September and bravely endured two operations and three months of chemotherapy before her death.

Her father Mark, who lives with Trudy's mother Sue in Rugeley, said today: "We are all devastated because it happened so quickly. When she found out what the problem was she just got on with it."