Darwen model reaches regional final (From This Is Lancashire)

Darwen model reaches regional final

3:16pm Tuesday 24th November 2009 in

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AN aspiring Darwen model beat thousands of hopefuls to be named in the final of a regional modelling competition.

Christopher Hedley, 20, has made it to the final 20 of Galaxy FM’s Manhunt competition and is now in the running to be featured in their all-male 2010 calendar.

Chris, of Anchor Grove, Darwen, said he was astonished and stunned to have been short-listed for the popular competition.

“The thought of being a model has never really crossed my mind.

"It was my girlfriend who suggested I should send a picture in, so I did, then never really thought any more of it,” he said.

“When I looked through the other pictures on Galaxy’s website and saw so many guys who’d entered, I thought I hadn’t a chance.

“So when they called me and said I had been short- listed and invited me for an interview in Manchester, I was shocked.”

Chris, a former Moorland High School pupil, was invited to Galaxy’s radio studios, along with 45 other hopefuls from across the North West.