Estranged wife of Laura Ashley boss owns 1,000 pairs of shoes

The estranged wife of a multi-millionaire Laura Ashley boss told a judge how she owned 1,000 pairs of shoes.

Former beauty queen Pauline Chai, 67, said her collection had “added up” over more than four decades. She estimated she had 700 pairs at her country house in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

Ms Chai — who was Miss Malaysia 1969 — was giving evidence in the latest round of a divorce money battle with estranged husband Khoo Kay Peng, 75.