Who is our Little Gem of 2008?

The free to enter portrait competition

The adorable smiling faces of babies and children filled the pages of the Chronicle and Advertiser's 7 Days supplement on 5th and 6th June for the annual Little Gems portrait competition.

Each year we invite proud parents to get snap-happy and have professional portraits of their little angels taken to see who’s top of the tots. Lots of children were ‘snapped’ by the photographer and all the photos went into the special picture gallery.

We had lots of postal, phone and text votes which have been combined to give us the winners.

This year the competition has been in association with BCR Photography, and sponsored by Breeze Volkswagen.

Among the prizes were Asda vouchers and free portraits for every category winner.

Categories: Babies 0-12 months; Boys 13 months to 5 years; Girls 13 months to 5 years; 6-10 years and siblings.

All winners have now been contacted and the names of the winners appeared in the Hampshire Chronicle on the 3rd July 2008.

Winners:

Babies: Michael Mills, Winchester

Boys: Euan Lee-Cann, Hedge End

Girls: Olivia Willis, Romsey

Siblings/over 5: Ira & Xavier Girling, Eastleigh

Runners-Up

Babies: Olivia Amos, Chandler's Ford

Boys: Finlay Stevens, Chandler's Ford

Girls: Aleisha Judd, West Wellow

Siblings/Over 5: Melissa Turner, Valley Park

A photo of the prizegiving will appear in the Hampshire Chronicle and Romsey Advertiser in the next few weeks.