Summer with Tiree. Picture by Eve Longden
AN 11-year-old from Crosthwaite has been named junior world gurning champion.
Summer Dawson, who attends Dallam School, Milnthorpe, won the title at the Egremont Crab Fair.
A highlight of the annual event is the World Gurning Championships, where competitors distort their faces into weird and wonderful shapes in a bid to take home the trophy.
Summer’s mother, Tiree, finished third in the ladies’ category this year, and second in 2018.
Tiree said: “I think we’ve just always pulled silly faces. It’s something we’ve always done - it’s something I always did when I was little. It just made sense to enter the world championships as they were quite local.”
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