{"id":795,"date":"2011-02-23T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T11:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?795"},"modified":"2011-02-23T11:08:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T11:08:21","slug":"beauty-pageant-star-takes-to-skies-to-support-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/beauty-pageant-star-takes-to-skies-to-support-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty pageant star takes to skies to support soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A daredevil 20-year-old named Mr Coventry at a beauty pageant last year has shown his support for the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Gray leapt from a plane in a charity skydive to raise money for Help for Heroes, dropping some 13,000 ft, the Coventry Telegraph reports.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I wanted to [do] something for Help for Heroes and I wanted to do it with something different. 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