Women up and down the country may envy her while men will likely find themselves ogling her.

But the newly crowned Miss England has a bigger problem to deal with - whether she will be able to juggle her new role with her journalism degree.

If Alize Mounter managed to go unnoticed at Roehampton University before, she will no doubt now be the talk of the campus having last month been named Miss England.

The 22-year-old told the Wandsworth Guardian life has been a blur - she has given countless newspaper, radio and television interviews since being given the crown.

She said: "It was completely surreal, I was shaking for ages afterwards.

"It was like a dream. It sounds really cheesy but I did not expect it.

"I think I was about to cry but I thought I better not because of my make-up."

While she has received "non-stop" messages of congratulations on her phone, Miss Mounter has quickly discovered how ruthless the newspaper industry can be. Several national newspapers have ran stories questioning her title because she was born in Wales.

However, she insisted London was her home now, and said that she had told her mum when she was a youngster that she always planned on living in the city. Miss Mounter added she was attracted to Roehampton because it "reminded me of the Welsh countryside - it was beautiful".

The part-time model recently finished the first year of a journalism and drama degree at the borough university - and said she hoped to carry on her studies while fulfilling her Miss World duties in order to "stay grounded".

Miss Mounter added she one day hoped to either go into broadcasting as a presenter or write for a fashion magazine.

She said: "At the moment I'm going back to study. I need to talk to the university to see what's going on.

"I think I can do both but I do need to talk to the university to see if I can have time off in October."

England plays host to the Miss World finals in October - and Miss Mounter said she was determined to fare better than recent entrants from the country.

She added: "We've not won it since 1983 which is quite bad. It will be good to try and change things a little bit."

Follow Miss Mounter on Twitter - @MissEngland11.