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| A teenage beauty queen who had gone missing after going to visit a friend has been found "safe and well" in London, Gwent police have said. | A teenage beauty queen who had gone missing after going to visit a friend has been found "safe and well" in London, Gwent police have said. |
| Kovi Dunbar, 17, from the Cwmbran area of South Wales, disappeared after going to visit a friend in the Croydon area earlier this month. | Kovi Dunbar, 17, from the Cwmbran area of South Wales, disappeared after going to visit a friend in the Croydon area earlier this month. |
| Her mother, Cynthia Langeveldt, had earlier set off to London in a desperate bid to find her daughter. | Her mother, Cynthia Langeveldt, had earlier set off to London in a desperate bid to find her daughter. |
| Ms Langeveldt said she was relieved her daughter had been found. | Ms Langeveldt said she was relieved her daughter had been found. |
| "I'm emotional and happy," she said. | "I'm emotional and happy," she said. |
| After being reunited with Kovi, Ms Langeveldt and her family were preparing to travel back to South Wales without her. | |
| "Kovi is going to stay in London with the boy she met," said Sion Stallard, Ms Langeveldt's partner. | |
| "They have got a bed-sit but they refused to tell us where it is. I don't know what is going on." | |
| He added: "Cynthia is not taking it too well but she is trying to hold it together for the kids more than anything. | |
| "It is one thing that Kovi is safe and well but it is going to eat away at Cynthia slowly that she is not under the same roof as her." | |
| Kovi was born in Zimbabwe but moved to Cwmbran two years ago with her family. | Kovi was born in Zimbabwe but moved to Cwmbran two years ago with her family. |
| She was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy soon after coming to the UK and her mother entered her into a beauty competition to boost her confidence. | She was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy soon after coming to the UK and her mother entered her into a beauty competition to boost her confidence. |
| Kovi went on to represent Wales in the final of Miss Teen UK and Miss Teen Britain last year. | Kovi went on to represent Wales in the final of Miss Teen UK and Miss Teen Britain last year. |