RACE CAR engineer Ellie Pacey is proving sexists wrong by becoming a champ at beauty contests... and tractor pulling.
The 21-year-old has had plenty of people tell her she should only do "feminine" things, but refuses to let them stop her.
She said: "There is an oldfashioned mindset that you can't do modelling and motorsport.
"What surprises me is often it's other women who say to me, 'You can't do stuff like that if you've got acrylic nails on!
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