Calling all budding Coleraine models with specs appeal

The former Strictly Come Dancing star, who is due to star in this summer’s Weinstein Company production Piranha 3D alongside Jaws star Richard Dreyfuss and Leaving Las Vegas Oscar nominee Elizabeth Shue, is helping the UK’s largest optical retailer to find ordinary people who look extraordinary in their glasses.

The 30-year-old curvaceous brunette, and girlfriend of handsome England rugby star Danny Cipriani, has worn glasses for fashion since she was a teenager and confesses that she fancies her beau when he dons his specs.

Kelly says: ‘I have always been envious of people who wear glasses! I see glasses very much as a fashion accessory and a way to stamp my own style. I have a fantastic pair that I found in a vintage store in London. Danny and I fight over who is going to wear them and I have to admit he looks really cute in them.”

As well as fronting the campaign, Kelly is supporting anti-bullying charity Kidscape. Specsavers will donate 1 for every eligible competition entry to the charity, as well as all proceeds from a high profile auction led by Specsavers ambassador Gok Wan, which will take place at the competition final in London in November.

Every year, Specsavers scours the UK to find the girls and boys next door who look amazing in their specs. The competition is open to men and women aged 16 and over, who are either current specs wearers or wear glasses for fashion purposes.

Judith Ball, store director at Specsavers, 11 Kingsgate Street, Coleraine says: “We see so many people in the store who look absolutely amazing in their glasses. The Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition gives us the opportunity to shout about the talent right on our doorstep who wear their specs loud and proud – and who are great role models for younger specs wearers to aspire to.”