HORSHAM’S Ebony Hart has won international recognition and the leotard of her dreams.
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Ebony, 9, used some of her favourite colours to design a leotard for American company Snowflake Designs.
The Design Your Dream Leotard contest was open to people worldwide.
Ebony’s design, a blue leotard called Aquarius, was in the top five selected for public vote.
The leotard attracted 1456 votes to win the competition.
Ebony said she was at gymnastics when voting closed on Monday night.
She said she and her friends were excited to hear the news.
‘‘I just jumped around,’’ she said.
Ebony’s mother Anneika, who helped Ebony with her design, said Snowflake Designs contacted the family on Tuesday morning to confirm the good news.
‘‘Ebony was super excited about it,’’ she said.
‘‘Voting was so close in the last five to 10 minutes – it was neck and neck,’’ she said.
Mrs Hart said many friends, family and strangers liked and shared the image of Ebony’s design on Facebook to encourage people to vote.
‘‘I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who helped out, because it’s made her dream come true,’’ she said.
Ebony will have an Aquarius leotard made for her, and her design will be available from Snowflake Designs soon.