Press features
| The Model of the Year 2009 grand final attracted a lot of press attention from all over the UK, including several finalists having features in the regional newspapers. The BBC and East Anglia newspapers largely covered the final held in Norwich on the 20th November at Sprowston Manor, which saw Talitha Minnis, aged 17 from Lowestoft walk away as the winner. | |||
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Fri 27th Nov - Talitha has her own featured in The Journal newspaper, as organised by Kerri after she won! Fri 27th Nov - 3rd place runner up Dannielle Sheehan appeared in a feature in The Diss Express about coming third and also winning a place at the International final in China in 2010! |
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Thurs 26th Nov - Talitha Minnis appears in Kerri's article on the BBC England home page, which is great publicity for our new winner! The BBC England website receives millions of hits a day, and we are all very pleased that they have chosen to use Kerri's story of setting up the pageant as the main feature on their news home page. Wed 25th Nov - Talitha Minnis appears in Kerri's article on the BBC Norfolk website, also mentioning the prizes she received as the winner! |
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Wed 25th Nov - The Evening News newspaper and website cover the Model of the Year grand final, featuring the winner Talitha Minnis, and runners up Emma Watson and Danielle Sheehan. The story covers Danielle and Emma who have won a trip to China in 2010 to go to an international beauty pageant! They will be joined by London winners Hayley Arnold and Micky Sasse as the 4 girls from the Academy heading off on an all expenses paid trip from UK Beauties, the Chinese organisers, and the Academy! |
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Friday 20th Nov - The Evening News website features an article about the Model of the Year 2009 grand final as organised by Kerri. The website also features a slideshow galleryof all 30 contestants in the grand final from all over the UK! |
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Thurs 19th Nov - The Evening News featured it's second big feature about the Academy's Model of the Year final this month. In the article Kerri talks about the grand final, and how over 1000 girls entered the various rounds this year! Kerri also talks about the prizes the winner will received, and the special appearance by Channel 5 presenter Rob Lamarr. In the article Kerri goes on to talk about how the finalists had not really done any modelling before they entered the contest, and that it's giving the opportunity for new models to be seen at a national level, with the exposure and opportunies the contest brings to them. They also mention the competition for 4 of the finalists to win an all expenses paid trip to China in 2010 to attend at international beauty pageant, which is an amazing opportunity especially for girls just starting out in the industry! Finally, Kerri also talks about modelling as a worthy career and how modelling has provided some fantastic opportunities for her: "I have forged a really good career out of it. I've travelled the world, appeared in Hollywood movies, and met all the biggest stars. But it is not just glamorous - it involves a lot of hard work at times." |
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