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Top fashion
expert hosts finale extravaganza to find Wirral's brightest new
talent
A top fashion expert whose
modelling career included hosting at a party for George Clooney will
be on hand at a finale extravaganza to find the Wirral's brightest
new talent. For the last few weeks, The Grange and Pyramids
Shopping Centre has teamed up with local model and casting agency
Frame for Model Mania – a search to find the most talented,
fashionable and charismatic people in the area. Winners in
three categories – male, female and kids – will be picked by a team
of judges at the free fashion and dance flash mob spectacle at the
Birkenhead shopping centre on Saturday, 11 May 2013, from a
shortlist of entrants chosen via a public vote. The series of
fashion shows are being co-hosted on the day by Sally Mansell, owner
of The Fashion Show Company, whose international career has seen her
rub shoulders with Hollywood A-listers such as George Clooney and
Mark Wahlberg and work for prestigious clients such as Mercedes and
Aston Martin. Also there to entertain the shoppers and
announce the winners of Model Mania following the final fashion show
of the day will be compère and popular Radio City DJ Pete Price.
Sally, a mum of 2, 48, who has more than 30 years experience in the
fashion industry as a model, stylist and presenter, said:- "We
will transform The Grange and Pyramids Shopping Centre into a giant
catwalk. It is going to be a high energy, entertaining, family
friendly show and there will be fashion on offer for all ages and
sizes. It is a really good chance for shoppers to also gain fashion
advice and they are more than welcome to approach me and ask about
styles and shapes which suit them. The great thing is that
everything which the shoppers see on the day will be available in
the shopping centre so they can literally go off and recreate the
on-trend outfits which I will have hand-selected from the stores at
The Grange and Pyramids before the event."
There will be 5 high impact dance
and fashion shows on the hour from 11 am at the event on Saturday,
11 May 2013 and there will be offers and discounts for shoppers to
take advantage of on the day. The final show at 3pm, will
feature the winners of Model Mania and at the end of each hourly
show, there will be the chance for shoppers to win gift cards for
retailers at the shopping centre. Derek Millar, Commercial
Director for The Grange and Pyramids Shopping Centre, said:-
"We are very excited about the finals of Model Mania and myself and
the co-owners of Frame, Louisa Houghton and Laura Seymour, will be
on hand to judge the winners. To be also joined on the day by a top
fashion model and stylist and a top radio DJ means it is set to be
an exciting, entertaining, family-friendly and free event. The
high-energy fashion shows will be the perfect way for us to finale
this fantastic search for the best of Wirral's talent and if you
like fashion and care about the latest trends for summer, then you
won't be disappointed. It is a fantastic opportunity to get some
free fashion advice from one of the best stylists in the country and
be there to see who we pick as the new faces of The Grange and
Pyramids Shopping Centre."
The winners of Model Mania will
become faces for the busy shopping centre, taking part in fashion
shows and events at The Grange and Pyramids whenever the
opportunities arise. They will also scoop a year's free membership
of Frame which will help support and advise on a new career which
could involve modelling and extra work in both television and film.
An image portfolio organised by Frame and hundreds of pounds worth
of prizes from retailers at the centre will also be part of the
terrific haul of prizes. For more information go to:-
grangeandpyramids.co.uk. |
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RABBIT WORKSHOPS
RAISE AWARENESS AT PETS AT HOME
TO coincide with Rabbit
Awareness Week, 4 May to 12 May 201, Merseyside Pets at Home stores
are holding a series of free workshops on how to care for rabbits
responsibly.
Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) is an annual event, where rabbit
experts, such as vets, pet retailers, welfare charities and
manufacturers, work together to raise awareness of rabbit care and
welfare.
This year's RAW highlights the importance of hay in a rabbit's diet
and the associated risks of feeding rabbits a muesli diet, which can
lead to them suffering from dental and digestive problems.
To support the event, Merseyside Pets at Home stores are holding
workshops at 12pm on Saturday, 4 May 2013 and Sunday, 5 May 2013 and
Saturday, 11 and Sunday, 12 May 2013.
The highly trained store team will be on hand to provide information
and advice on how to keep pet rabbits healthy and happy.
A spokesperson at Pets at Home explains:- "Rabbits make
rewarding pets for adults and supervised older children. They are
highly intelligent, social, interactive, and fun creatures with very
individual and distinct personalities. Rabbits often live to more
than ten years old, so having a rabbit as a pet is a long-term
commitment. Our RAW workshops this year will focus on diet, as
getting this right is vital to ensure your rabbit is happy and
healthy."
Pets at Home stores in Bromborough,
Aintree, Speke and Southport have recently stopped selling rabbit
muesli as a result of ground-breaking new industry research
conducted by The University of Edinburgh and Burgess Pet Care, which
has shown that rabbits fed on a muesli diet are more likely to
suffer from dental and digestive problems.
A Pets at Home spokesperson continues:- "We want to raise
awareness of the importance of giving your rabbit the right diet to
keep its teeth and digestive system healthy, that's why we're urging
owners to feed their rabbits a diet of mainly hay and/or grass, with
some leafy greens. A small, measured ration of good quality
pellets/nuggets can also be fed each day. We advise making hay the
biggest part of a rabbit's diet, at least 80% of their daily intake,
with fresh leafy greens and nuggets making up the remaining 20%.
Fresh water should also be available at all times. However, any
changes to your rabbit's diet should be done gradually so as not to
cause digestive upset, ideally over a 2 week period."
The store is currently phasing out rabbit muesli to allow customers
the 14 days needed to make the transition onto nuggets.
For more advice or information please speak to one of Pets at Home's
trained in-store colleagues and ask to see the leaflet 'Muesli
and your rabbit's diet'. Further research is available at:-
rabbitawarenessweek.co.uk.
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