Miss England swaps tiara for mortar board – showing you can have brains and beauty
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: 'People call us dumb because we're hot blondes – but we're actually really smart'The 26-year-old spent five years swatting up to bag the post-graduate qualification from the University of Sussex.After the ceremony was postponed due to the Covid pandemic, she graduated this month with a 2:1 honours.And now, the Londoner hopes to inspire other women to follow in her footsteps.Rehema, of north-west London, said: "It's been a long wait to finally have the moment to walk across the graduation stage and celebrate five long years of hard work and studying."I studied a subject I’m so in love with, which is genetics, and so proud to have completed the journey surrounded by the people that helped me along my higher education career."I was one of a few women on my course and the only woman of colour, and to be able to be a representative of women that look like me in this STEM field is an honour and one I hope many other young girls will follow through also."There were many challenges during my time at university, but to have pulled through and still be standing tall with my degree to show for it."It is one of my greatest achievements”READ NEXT:.
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