Locals models selected for fashion finals

EIGHTEEN contestants out of the hundreds who took part in the recent audition day for a modelling competition organised by fashion retailer DV8 have been shortlisted as finalists, including locals Stephen McCook (25), from Ballymoney and Shonee McWilliams (18), from Ballycastle.

By The Newsroom

Published 10th May 2010, 12:35 BST

Updated 10th May 2010, 18:10 BST

DV8, which has shops across Northern Ireland, including a shop in Ballymoney, launched the competition to search for budding models aged 17 to 30 years old to represent the DV8 brand in all advertising online and in-store for twelve months.

The lucky male and female winners also get a contract with leading model agency Alison Campbell Models, 500 worth of DV8 clothes vouchers and hair styling by award-winning salon Paul Stafford Hairdressing for twelve months.

The female winner in the inaugural competition in 2008 now has a successful modelling career in London and Dublin and has worked for some of the UK and Europe’s most famous fashion designers, including Chanel and John Rocha. Carrie-Anne Burton from Downpatrick is on the books of top model agency TESS Management in London along with supermodels Erin O’Connor, Elizabeth Hurley and Jerry Hall.

See www.dv8fashion.com for details.