Perhaps you were one of the over 200 women who answered the call a few months back when Unlucky For Some first advertisied their Bingo Wings Idol promotion? Well, ten finalists have been chosen and have been invited to the final selection being held in London on 24 September. The lucky lady chosen to be crowned as the first Bingo Wings Idol 2009 will not only get a cash prize, she will also star in an upcoming commercial for the telly.
The ten finalists range in age from only 22 years old all the way to 50 years old and have widely varied backgrounds. Several have a show business or theatre background but others include a student at Bournemout University and a former accountant turned real estate investor.
Lucky For Some has quotes from all of the top ten finalists on their website but we just want to share a few of them with you here today:
“I have modeled underwear with Katie Price and been on the Trisha Goddard show to promote larger people. I am fun, honest, hard working and reliable,” says Emma Dunn from Poole, one of the youngest participants.
Joycelyn Phillips from London says, “I am an experienced fashion and catwalk model having worked for everyone from Versace swimwear to Vivienne Westwood press shows. I’m now a plus-size model and music manager.”
“I’m a chubbyish girl, very outgoing and could talk a glass eye to sleep. I want to be a part of something that is different from what I do all day – the things the we all do – eat, sleep, work, loving time,” said Tracy Morgan from Cardiff.
One thing that is notable is that almost all the finalists mention being chubby or plus-sized. It is nice to see a competition where the emphasis isn’t on who is the thinnest but instead features normal size women, more representative of the actual bingo playing public.
The location of the actual final competition has not been released to the public but the Unlucky For Some owners did invite the press to be present so we should expect to see some news on how it goes. Of course, in time we will see who the winner is by watching the next advertising campaign when it comes.
