UNIVERSITY student Hannah Cheetham popped into a Manchester bar for lunch with her gran -- and won a modelling competition.
Hannah who is studying occupation therapy at Coventry University was home on her Easter holidays.
"I decided to take my gran, Maureen Wilson, out for lunch. We went into Bar Med in the city centre and I was approached by a woman who said they were running a modelling competition.
"She asked me to take part -- I hadn't had the faintest idea about the competition when I went in to the bar," said Hannah, aged 21 who has never done any modelling before.
"She asked me some questions, took some photographs and then asked me to hang around until 10pm.
"Then they announced the winner -- and it was me!" said Hannah.
The 5ft 9in student picked up £50 in hairdressing vouchers as her prize and is now off to the glitzy catwalk finals at London club Radius in June.
"My gran was crying but she was over the moon," added Hannah who will join 15 finalists at the London venue.
"I have never thought of modelling because I have been concentrating on my degree. But if I win, I would love to pursue it," she added.
The national modelling agency Premier had positioned a talent scout at the Deansgate Med Bar during April.
There were thousands of entrants and Hannah was literally one of the last girls spotted on the final day.
A spokesman for Premier said: "We had narrowed the finalists down to 15, and Hannah is a lovely winner."
If she wins the national final, there is a a prize of £500 worth of clothing, a holiday in Ibiza for two, a modelling shoot with Premier Models and the chance to become the face of Bar Med.
Hannah who lives with her mum and dad Mark and Kathryn and her 18-year-old brother John at Beckside, Tyldesley, is now back at her studies in Coventry, but looking forward to being whisked off to the high life on June 1.
" I am keeping to keep my feet on the ground," she added.
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