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OVER 400 style-conscious ladies and gents showed up at the Ballyheigue Community Centre on Wednesday night for the Festival Fashion Show and they even got to see the new Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council strutting his stuff on the catwalk.
“We had a fantastic night,” said Laura Dineen, Secretary of Ballyheigue Summer Festival. “It was a real community effort and we’d like to thank everybody who took part,” she said, adding all profits from the show and raffle were in aid of Jackie Crowe, a local woman who is suffering from cancer.
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Local people and the ladies from Orla Diffily’s Upfront Model Agency took to the stage modelling fashions from Carraig Donn, Friendex and Miss Captain (Claire Murphy), JJam headwear, Diva & Dudes, Nuala McCarthy Womenswear, Shaw’s Department Store, D3 Menswear Tralee, Rockalilly, So Elegant HeadPieces, Emer O Mahony Millinery, Aoife Hannon Millinery, Jasmine of Killarney & Tralee, Annburys Boutique, Pamela Scotts, DV8, Ryles Menswear and Michael Guineys. Hair was sponsored by Colette’s Salon and make up by Doon Beauty.
Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, John Brassil, displayed his confident modelling skills in front of a cheering home crowd while TraleeToday.ie fashion columnist, Orlagh Winters, dished out advice on what to wear to the races this season.
The Ballyheigue’s Next Top Stylist Award went to Declan Crowe while Ray Stack of Ray Stack Productions proved to be an entertaining host on the night.
There were two Best Dressed Lady prizes on the night with the Rockalilly Boutique prize going to Aine Wall from Derrymore.
Jasmine Boutique also sponsored a Best Dressed prize which went to Kay O’Halloran with runners-up Kitty Lucid and Ann Marie Dineen.
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Jackie O’Carroll, Karen Leahy and Grace Leahy, Causeway, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Linda Murphy (left) of Rockalilly Boutique, Abbeycourt, Tralee, presenting the Best Dressed Lady award of a €50 voucher for the boutique to Aine Wall of Derrymore, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Brassil, wearing men’s fashions from Ryle Menswear at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Megan Sheehy, Chleona Hussey and Annie Galwey, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Amy Duggan, Ballyheigue and Emma Barrett, Causeway, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Upfront model Dawn O’Sullivan, Secretary of the Ballyheigue Summer Festival Laura Dineen and model Kinga Grunau before the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Elaine Lawlor, Ballyheigue and Catriona Ashe, Ardfert, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Breda Ryan and Aine Crowe, Kilmoyley, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Cecelia Casey, Norma Dunne and Mary Dunne, Ballyheigue, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Breda O’Connor, Castleisland Mary Brick and Margaret Brick, Kilmoyley, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Aine Wall, Derrymore, Rachel Walsh, Tralee and Mags O’Halloran, Ballyheigue, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Bernie Moore, Tralee and Siobhan Diggins, Ballyheigue, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Patricia O’Grady, Ballyduff and Kay O’Halloran, Ballyheigue, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
David O’Carroll, Ballyheigue, Lorraine O’Hanlon and Regina O’Hanlon, Listowel, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Mary O’Halloran from Ballyheigue and model Kinga Grunau wearing fashions from Jasmine Boutique Tralee and Killarney, before the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
A local model wearing a dress from Rockalilly Boutique at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Young models strutting down the catwalk at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Fashionable young models at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
A local model wearing a dress from Rockalilly Boutique on the catwalk, at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Brassil, wearing men’s fashions from Ryle Menswear at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
Local models wearing a fashions from Rockalilly Boutique at the Ballyheigue Fashion Show in the Community Centre on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
