Has your child got what it takes to dazzle and shine like a star in front of the camera?

Here’s the perfect opportunity to see if they have, as the Daily Echo launches its 2017 Child of the Year portrait competition to find the child with the most dazzling and winning smile.

This year the Daily Echo is delighted to welcome Broadstone-based Fraser Portraits as the official Daily Echo Child of the Year photographers. With over 30 years of experience in taking children’s portraits, Fraser Portraits can’t fail to produce a smile for our competition!

There year there are four different age categories to be won and an overall winner to be chosen. This year’s categories are:

  • Unisex 0-9 Months
  • Unisex 10-18 Months
  • Unisex 19-36 Months
  • Unisex 3-6 Years

If you would like to enter a child into our competition, simply come along to one of our special Child of the Year photo shoots taking place at the following venues;

Debenhams Café, Bournemouth

Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd July - 10am - 4pm

Entry is free (Children must be aged from 0 months to 6 years old.)

Photo sessions have already taken place at the Community Room Tesco, Tower Park, Poole on July 14, 15 and 16. 

Photo packages will be available to purchase if you wish to have a memento of the picture taken of your child for the competition, but there is no obligation to purchase these as it is free to take part in the competition.

Once all the pictures have been taken, supplements of all the pictures will appear in the Daily Echo.

Voting for the child you would like to see crowned as the winner of the Daily Echo Child of the Year portrait competition will be by post, text and phone.  Full details will be printed within each supplement.

All the category winners will receive a certificate and 12 x 8 canvas of their winning picture, the overall winner will receive a certificate and 16x12 canvass print of their winning picture from Fraser Portraits