A YOUNGSTER is celebrating after she was plucked from a host of entries to be named as the bridesmaid of the year in a national competition.Freya Allum , from Ipswich, was bridesmaid at the wedding of her uncle Barnaby, which was held in Hadleigh on July 22.

A YOUNGSTER is celebrating after she was plucked from a host of entries to be named as the bridesmaid of the year in a national competition.

Freya Allum , from Ipswich, was bridesmaid at the wedding of her uncle Barnaby, which was held in Hadleigh on July 22.

And the four-year-old's beaming smile and beautiful dress were enough to ensure she saw off the competition in the Sylvanian Families Bridesmaid of the Year contest.

Proud mum Frith , who is set to give birth to her second child in the next few weeks, said: “Freya was the perfect bridesmaid - she led the bride into the service with big smiles and remembered to keep time. She thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the day.”

For winning the competition Freya will receive a host of prizes including a £250 shopping spree at H&M, a photo shoot with a top photographer and a complete collection of the new Sylvanian Families wedding theme sets.

Yvonne Pestridge, Marketing Manager at Flair - the company which produces the Sylvanian Families line - said: “We chose Freya as our favourite because she was the perfect bridesmaid, looking beautiful in her outfit and getting everything right on the day and with the arrival of a new brother or sister soon this is to be her special time.”