Cash, VIP treatment and right-royal fun are up for grabs as the search begins for Miss Cromer 2016 and her attendants.

Would-be carnival queens and senior attendants are invited to the selection evening at The Cliftonville Hotel, Runton Road, Cromer, this Friday, April 22, at 7.30pm

Miss Cromer will receive £200 and her senior attendant £150.

Entrants must be at least 17.

On April 29 the carnival junior attendants will be chosen during an event at The Cottage, Louden Road, Cromer, from 7pm.

Lucky winners will receive £75. Entrants must be in school years seven to 11.

And on Sunday May 1 at 3pm, the prince and princess will be selected at the Red Lion Hotel, Brook Street, Cromer, from 3pm, with a prize of £25 each. Entrants must be in school years three to six.

Contestants in all the categories must live in Cromer, Suffield Park, Aldborough, Aylmerton, East and West Runton, Felbrigg, Hanworth, Northrepps, Overstrand, Roughton, Sidestrand, Sustead, Thorpe Market or Trimingham.

And they must be able to attend all day on August 14 and August 17, and for the whole of carnival week, if possible, as well as other events through the year.

? For more information visit www.cromercarnival.co.uk and Facebook at Cromer Carnival (Official)