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Smiles all round as student wins creative challenge

Photographs of iconic North East locations such as the Millennium Bridge, incorporating a smile motif, was the winning entry in a student challenge demonstrating why they are passionate about North East England.

‘You Can Always Find a Smile’ by Laura Bohill, 19, of Crook in County Durham was chosen as the winner of One NorthEast’s Student Challenge 2008 after a month-long public vote. Seven short-listed entries, selected from more than 100, which included photographs, films and artwork, received almost 1,000 votes between them.

As the winner, Laura will be rewarded with week-long placements at four of the region’s top media and creative organisations and a state-of-the-art laptop.

Laura, who studies Graphic Design at New College Durham, said: “The whole experience so far has been brilliant. It just doesn’t enter your mind that you might win something like this, so I am really delighted that my work was selected from all of the other excellent entries.

“The concept behind my work was inspired by the people of North East England. I was thinking about what I like about the region and how friendly and welcoming the people are. I wanted to sum this up with something simple that people could connect with and I decided to use a smile to convey this.”

To see this year’s winning entry, and the other finalists’ work visit www.northeastengland.co.uk/studentchallenge.

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