Dozens of children, teenagers and adults have given their best smiles and twirls as they took part in a model contest in Great Yarmouth's Market Gates Shopping Centre.

The Modelsearch competition is finding local people to be the stars of a Market Gates Shopping Centre marketing campaign.

On Wednesday a panel of judges, including this paper's chief reporter Anthony Carroll, judged the four age categories of the contest.

There will be a male and female from each section chosen to then model clothes from the store and one overall winner will then be selected for a VIP model shoot in London.

The categories were four to six years, seven-10 years, 11-15 years and 16 plus.

The oldest person to take part was a woman aged 36.

Participants were chosen after two casting sessions where held earlier at the centre, with more than 250 entries. The eight winners will be told next Friday.