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Face of Hampshire winners
TWO Winchester students have been crowned winners of a county-wide modelling contest and could go on to join the same modelling agency as Kate Moss.
Alex Ward, a student at Peter Symonds' College and Brooke Sessions, a pupil at Kings' School beat tough competition on Monday (July 3) from more than 100 other hopefuls to win the Face of Hampshire competition and the chance to appear on Storm modelling agency's books.
Brooke, who is 14, said: "I was absolutely speechless when they called my name. I'm so happy, it's a dream come true.
"Everything I've ever wanted has come down to tonight and I can't believe I've won."
Alex, 18, added: "It hasn't quite sunk in yet, at the moment it's quite surreal but when it sinks in it'll be absolutely fantastic."
Both have won the chance of a modelling contract with top agency, Storm, which represents the likes of Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford and Lily Cole.
Like Lily Cole, who is currently the face of Accessorize, they both said they wanted to juggle their new-found modelling careers with their education.
Alex, from Chandler's Ford, said he wanted to take a year out to travel and model before going to university to study medicine. Brooke, from Romsey, said she also wanted to go to university after completing her GCSEs and A-levels.
The Face of Hampshire competition, run by XS Events and Toni & Guy Winchester, saw more than 100 wannabe models send in their photos for scrutiny. Around 60 boys and 60 girls battled it out on the catwalk at Bar3One last month in the live heats and just 20 made it through to the final, held at The Theatre Royal, Winchester, on Monday.
12:32pm Tuesday 3rd July 2007
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CommentPosted by: karim, winchester on 8:14pm Tue 3 Jul 07
omg congrats brooke! see you at skoowel!!!
omg congrats brooke! see you at skoowel!!!
Posted by: Sue phillips, Fordingbridge on 10:30pm Tue 3 Jul 07
VERY well done Brooke, go girl... ****
VERY well done Brooke, go girl... ****
Posted by: Lauren Sessions on 11:24pm Wed 4 Jul 07
I'm very proud of you my baby sis :) give kate a run for her money! xxx
I'm very proud of you my baby sis :) give kate a run for her money! xxx
Posted by: Beet, Winchester on 6:05pm Sun 8 Jul 07
Congratulations to all who won. Sadly I have to be the one who brings the good mood down by mentioning that some of us contestants were not even granted the common courtesy of being informed that we did not make the cut after the live heats at Bar 3one at the end of May. I mean not even a phone call, how rude! That said, to those who got through to the finals, good for you and I wish you every success, but to the organisers, pathetic organisation indeed.
Congratulations to all who won. Sadly I have to be the one who brings the good mood down by mentioning that some of us contestants were not even granted the common courtesy of being informed that we did not make the cut after the live heats at Bar 3one at the end of May. I mean not even a phone call, how rude! That said, to those who got through to the finals, good for you and I wish you every success, but to the organisers, pathetic organisation indeed.
Posted by: Rosie, winchside on 6:35pm Thu 19 Jul 07
Told you you would win it, me claire henry becca mattie ben and all the other people there cheering you on and you deserve it. Love you so much [bold]brookie cookie[/bold] xX
Told you you would win it, me claire henry becca mattie ben and all the other people there cheering you on and you deserve it. Love you so much
brookie cookie xX
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