Miss England winner Eleanor Glynn has condemned the alleged racist comments made on Celebrity Big Brother and said she was no longer keen to take part in the show.

Last week, Miss Glynn, 20, from Sandford-on-Thames, was asked if she would be willing to take part and said yes', but now she is having second thoughts following the bullying of Bollywood film star Shilpa Shetty, 31, by her housemate Jade Goody and cohorts model Danielle Lloyd and former pop star Jo O'Meara.

Fans of the film star have burned effigies of the programme makers in India as Chancellor Gordon Brown condemned the alleged bullying on an official trip to the country.

Miss Glynn took part in a Bollywood dancing exhibition last year and is meeting Bollywood film directors next week to discuss the possibility of appearing in a movie.

She said it was a "blessing in disguise" that she had not been selected to join the other housemates and planned to invite Miss Shetty to her 21st birthday party, which would have a Bollywood theme, in March.

Miss Glynn said: "I feel very sorry for Shilpa and I hope she comes to my party.

"I think the comments made towards her are certainly bordering on racist and the problem may be that the other contestants are not intelligent enough to fully under- stand someone else's culture. The programme doesn't present the nation in a very good way and the producers may have to stop the show.

"Shilpa has so much grace and elegance and for some contestants this could really damage their careers.

"If I got the call now from Big Brother I would have to think long and hard about doing it.

"I loved doing the Bollywood dancing exhibition last year and I am talking to some Bollywood film producers next week.

"I think there is definitely a gap in the market for a British girl meeting an Asian guy in one of these films and we'll see what happens."

Nolan Victory, a spokesman for Oxfordshire Racial Equality Council, said the abuse on the programme was reflected in incidents of racial discrimination in Oxford.

He said: "Perhaps the only good thing to come out of this is that people will become sensitised to the issue and will amend their behaviour."

Earlier this month, Miss Glynn told how she was rejected by three top model agencies - because she was "too large" at size 10.

She took her portfolio of photographs to Storm, Models 1 and Nevs model agencies but was told she was the wrong shape.

Now Miss Glynn - who is 5ft 9in and weighs eight-and-a-half stone - is planning to give a talk at the Oxford Union next month about her experience and will say young models should not be encouraged to go on crash diets.

* Incidents of racial discrimination and harassment can be reported to the Oxfordshire Racial Equality Council on 01865 791891 or online at www.reportracism.oxon.com