Ebony is top choice as baby of the year

LITTLE Ebony Taylor Hepton stole the hearts of Baby of the Year Competition judges.

The two-year-old's shy smile won her the title of Baby of the Year 2002 above hundreds of other bonnie babies.

Her parents, Tracy Donoghue and Paul Hepton, of Edmonton Road, were thrilled to hear their camera-shy baby had won not only her age category, but also the over-all prize.

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"She doesn't like having the attention on her - she doesn't like having her photo taken at all!" said Tracy.

But Tracy thinks her long blond hair was the secret of her success.

"We have entered before but this time I left her hair down. Maybe that's what did it?

"I put her in for it because I wanted a professional photograph done of her, and it turned out to be a really lovely picture. It is sometimes difficult to get her to smile for the camera."

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Paul said: "We have had professional photo's done before and the photographer had to jump around all over the place to get her to smile."

But she had a big smile on her face when she was presented with her winning photo, giant teddy bear and gift vouchers.