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Missing beauty queen found safe | Missing beauty queen found safe |
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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 Cwmbran, Torfaen, disappeared after going to visit a friend in Croydon 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. |
The family were reunited with her but said she would remain with a man, 20, she had met on the internet. | |
"I'm emotional and happy," said Ms Langeveldt, after being told she was safe. | |
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. | "Kovi is going to stay in London with the boy she met," said Sion Stallard, Ms Langeveldt's partner. |
He said Kovi would remain there with the 20-year-old man she met through the internet. | |
"They have got a bedsit but they refused to tell us where it is. I don't know what is going on." | |
Mr Stallard 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." | "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. |