Miss Scotland backs MS charity after beloved cousin's devastating diagnosis

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Miss Scotland is backing a charity that helped her brave cousin come to terms with a devastating diagnosis of an incurable health condition.National beauty Amy Scott, 25, has thrown her support behind MS Society in honour of her cousin Rhyiza Croy – who was diagnosed with progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) five years ago – just a day before her 26th birthday.Amy from Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, is set to raise awareness of MS on the global stage – as she represents Scotland in the Miss World finals in Telangana, India in May.The Miss Scotland champ has already raised £3,000 for the MS Society, after hosting a charity ball and volunteering at fundraising events.Amy said: “I’m never going to understand what it’s like to have MS.

But I do understand what it’s like to have a family member with the condition, and to watch someone you love be affected by it.“It’s frustrating that so many people don’t seem to know much about it.

If we’d known some of the signs perhaps Rhyiza might have been diagnosed sooner.“My priority is to do anything I can to raise awareness of the condition and showcase the work the MS Society and other charities do for people living with the condition in Scotland.“As Miss Scotland I’ve been given a much more elevated platform to help me raise awareness so I’m very happy.

Hopefully I can replicate that when I go to Miss World.”The cousins have told how they are more like sisters – with the pair “inseparable” growing up.She said: “As close as I am with my own siblings, it’s always been me and Rhyiza.