Fun and games this afternoon as it emerged the winner of the Face of Croydon competition doesn't, erm, live in Croydon.
A sticky situation for the organisers, made worse by the fact the winner Kym Whittle is the sister of a marketing executive at Croydon Business, which had been backing(but not actually organising) the competition.
Oh dear, all very unfortunate. The fashion festival - which the Face of Croydon had formed part of - has actually gone a long way to getting some positive publicity for the town.
The Observer article I posted yesterday, in fact, was inspired by the festival itself.
For what it's worth, I don't think there was anything underhand about the choice of winner, but privately I suspect Croydon Business will be fuming that this has put a dampner on the competition.
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Changing the face of Croydon is a good thing, but we should not forget what is already excellent and getting some excellent publicity around the UK for Croydon.
'Falstaff' by the National Theatre of Canada on now at the Warehouse Theatre is a case in point:
The Times review is glowing:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article4201424.ece
and a good one in TimeOut - now isn't it nice when Time Out ventures this far South of the River?
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