Specsavers scouts for their Spectacle Wearer of the Year

Specsavers, Fairhill Shopping Centre, Ballymena, will be eyeing up bespectacled beauties in store, on Saturday, June 16 as part of the nationwide search for the Spectacle Wearer of the Year.

Staff from Specsavers in the Fairhill Shopping Centre, Ballymena, will be looking for girls or guys who wear their specs with pride and plenty of style, and all entries on the day will be entered into the competition.

So make sure you put your best foot forward on June 16 and call into the Specsavers store, Fairhill Centre, Ballymena, for your chance to be discovered and follow in the footsteps of Greg Munday, who represented Northern Ireland at the glitzy event last year, finishing a highly credible third.

This year’s search is being fronted by Coronation Street actress, Helen Flanagan.

Valerie Penney, store director at Specsavers Ballymena, added: “Actress Helen Flanagan is a fantastic ambassador for the competition and has really shown people how to make a great fashion statement by choosing the right glasses.

“We see so many people in the store who also look amazing in their specs and want to see all specs wearers enter this competition to show everyone that four eyes definitely are better than two!’

All entries on the day will automatically be entered into the regional heat. Regional finalists will be announced in July and the grand final will be held in London in October 2012.

The overall winner of Britain’s biggest spectacle fashion-fest will receive an exclusive one year modelling contract with MOT Models. In addition, the winner can also look forward to a two week, all-inclusive holiday for two in Barbados with £250 worth of spending money courtesy of Almond Resorts and Virgin Holidays. But it doesn’t end there. Andrew Barton, TV’s celebrity hairdresser, will provide the winner with a makeover using his own products, while Simple will provide a year’s supply of skincare products. A fantastic goody bag including hair and skincare products will also go to the 2012 winner, who will also receive a £150 Specsavers designer eyecare voucher and the coveted Spectacle Wearer of the Year trophy.

So if you want to be in with a chance to be crowned Spectacle Wearer of the Year, 2012, pop your specs on and get yourself down to Specsavers Ballymena, this Saturday, June 16.

Entries can be made by visiting any of the 17 Specsavers stores in Northern Ireland, or by logging on to www.specsavers.co.uk/competition. The closing date for all entries is Saturday, June 30.