WOW! What a night for local students at national final

 

It was an extraordinary night of success for local schools who swept the boards at the Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture national finals last night.
 
Moo, from Our Lady's Bower, was crowned the winner of the eighth annual Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture final which took place last night at the 3Arena. On the evening 86 student models performed in front of an audience of 6,500 friends and family in another sold out incredible all Ireland final.
 
Moo was modelled by Isabelle Clarke and designed by Mary Brody with the use of 300 milk cartons which were cut into shapes and connected together by over 30,000 O rings. Moo will be returning home to Athlone, Westmeath with the prestigious Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture trophy and €2,500 cash for their school. The team will each receive €500 cash and an iPad mini. 
Class will also be Cannes-celled for the five regional winning teams as they jet off with Bank of Ireland to the Cannes International Film Festival to walk the red carpet and showcase their incredible deigns to the global paparazzi this summer.
Other prizes awarded on the night included The Bank of Ireland Glamour Prize; awarded to She's No Egg, But She's Some Yolk from Our Lady’s Bower and What Lies Beneath from Moate Community School. 
The stylish winners will have the opportunity to model their outfits on the red carpet at the glamourous Royal Premier in London.  In addition the Bank of Ireland Enterprise Award was awarded to Stand Up and Fight from Coláiste Nano Nagle, Limerick and the Bank of Ireland Techno Wearables Prize was awarded to Digital Download from Presentation College, Tuam Galway .

Moo surpassed all expectations and blew the star studded judging panel away; made up of X Factor and Ireland’s Got Talent judge Louis Walsh, style guru Pippa O’Connor, fashion educators and experts Tracey Fahey and Jane Leavey, alongside  previous winner and LSAD graduate Stephen McLaughlin, who had the difficult and unenviable task of choosing the overall winners.

 The local winners of the eighth annual Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture were as follows;
 
Overall Winner & West Regional Winner:
Name: Moo
School: Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone
Model: Isabelle Clarke
Students: Mary Brody
Made from: Milk Cartons
 
Bank of Ireland Glamour Prize Winner 1:
Name: She's No Egg, But She's Some Yolk
School: Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone
Model: Ellen Kearney
Students: Katie Shortall
Made from: Egg Cartons
 
Bank of Ireland Glamour Prize Winner 2:
Name: What Lies Beneath
School: Moate Community School           
Model: Tina Geoghegan
Students: Arthur Finlay & Rebecca Flyn
Made from: Animal Bones

 
LSAD Scholarship Prize:
Name: What Lies Beneath
School: Moate Community School           
Scholarship awarded to: Arthur Finlay
Made from: Animal Bones

PRIZES:
Overall Winner – The winners’ school receives €2,500 and each member of the team will receive a cash prize of €500 and an iPad mini.
Regional Winners – Trip to the Cannes Film festival in May for the five regional winning teams.
Bank of Ireland Glamour Prize – 2 models will be flown to London for the Royal Film Premiere
LSAD Scholarship Prize – The winner will get a place in the Limerick School of Art and Design and their fees paid for a year.