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I predicted that my campaign would be a whirlwind of long days and sleepless nights and this is proving to be true! Family and friends have rallied round and we've been out flyering, promoting the cause at tourist attractions and throwing campaign parties in a bid to gain votes. I've met lots of lovely people whilst out campaigning, many who've booked holidays through lowcostholidays.com and were gutted to have missed the competition themselves but promised to back me and hoped to have me as their holiday reviewer for future bookings! My Facebook group has already attracted over 400 members and I'm aiming to more than double this figure in the coming weeks, along with hopefully attracting hundreds more votes through offline campaigning...so thank you to those who've already voted and to those who haven't yet, what are you waiting for?!

My manifesto

I trust that you, the Great British Public, always make the correct decisions and will do so again in choosing to vote for me...unless you choose not to, in which case I don’t trust you at all. I promise that I will behave with integrity at all times, and will not misuse my expenses account...until I have exhausted the competitive salary and generous spending allowance. I promise to provide honest, straight talking reviews of my experiences, blog regularly about the destinations I visit, and do my bit for the United Nations by mingling with the locals. I will ensure that I give a true picture of the places I visit so that you can make an informed decision on the merits or otherwise of each destination. I will endeavour to always put 100% effort into my reviews, my blogs, and my suntan. I promise to source as much local knowledge as I can so that my blogs can be as comprehensive as possible. And above all, I promise not to call anyone a bigot.

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Competition Finalists

• Sarah Clapham Sarah is 29 years old, shortly to be celebrating turning 30 this summer. She was born and bred in Gtr Manchester. The furthest she had been on holiday as a child was to Cornwall where she got as far as Land's End but when she was 18 she decided to take her first trip overseas to Corfu. Sarah feels more at home when overseas than she does in her own home town!
• Roxy Stuart Roxy describes herself as resilient, chatty, loveable, inquisitive, deep, courageous, ambitious, critical, and dependable. If she was an animal she would be a dolphin, for two reasons; they get to experience the world from a totally different perspective and they are the only mammals who mate for pleasure! Her best experience was falling in love at first sight....yes it does happen.
• Sue Mellor Sue describes herself as a Yorkshire lass turned Essex Girl with a unique personality. She has a keen sense of adventure which has put her into some interesting situations over the years. Only cunning, quick wit and perseverance has got her through. It would be a dream come true for Sue to be a travel reviewer for lowcostholidays.com.
• Christina Leon Christina is a 24 year old from the West coast of Scotland. In her free time she goes social networking mad! She loves learning languages and is currently learning Japanese. She enjoys modelling, singing and dancing, performing on stage but most importantly she loves holidays!
• Lauren Stott Lauren describes herself as a happy-go-lucky kind of girl, the wrong side of 25, torn between settling down and finding a ‘proper’ job or following her travel dreams and jumping on the next plane. She is a born explorer, who once, with childhood naivety and optimism, tried to dig to Australia in the garden.
• Duncan Nagle Duncan was an average child, exhibiting few skills other than “being really good at Street Fighter 2”, and left school with A-Levels in French, Latin and Classical Civilization. Neither gaming nor knowledge of dead people helped Duncan in his early retail career. Duncan now lives in the Wild West Midlands with his wife and three cats.
• Danny Steele Being a middle child of 1970's, Kent didn't give Danny obvious grounding in presenting programmes, however it was his role of one of the Shepherds at a Nativity play that gave him his first taste of the performing bug. Fast forward a few years and he is now living in London and is a presenter and stand up comedian.
• Steve Henson Steve is 56 and attended the University of Life and gained a decree Nisi. He enjoys a staple diet of humour, is conscientious and has a good circle of friends to call on for advice and guidance. He has worked overseas before and respects that his actions when he is away is a reflection on his employers.
• Lee Blake Lee Blake comes from a leisure and tourism background, having worked in places such as Chessington World of Adventures, Madame Tussauds and even lived and worked in Gran Canaria for a year. He currently works full time in a call centre in Surrey and wants to get out and top up his tan!
• Sam Simmons Sam believes in making her own luck and seizing every opportunity life brings. She has had a variety of creative jobs working in advertising, animation and television. She now lives with her friends in London working on the other side of the camera modelling, doing voiceovers and presenting.