Brayden Allan, 20, who won a "Cute Kids" photo competition co-run by Asda Coatbridge and the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 17 years ago, now works in the supermarket and discovered his girlfriend's baby picture was published just below his in the paper.
Discovery in the loft
Coatbridge resident Brayden didn't know about his claim to fame until he found some old cuttings from the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser in a box. He explained: "I was just searching the loft when I found them; it was unbelievable."
"I think there were different age categories in the competition and I won - I've got a wee trophy too. And as soon as I saw my girlfriend, Denver Ormonde, in the cuttings too, I just started shouting; I couldn't believe it!"
Ribbing and reactions
"I've been ribbing my girlfriend ever since, as she never won. She was in a younger category. I've shown quite a lot of people at work the cuttings and they were all happy for me."
Brayden has been dating Denver for eight months after meeting her at the barbers he goes to where her mum works. He has worked on home and leisure for four years, and his dad Kevin is a bakery colleague who has been at the Asda Coatbridge store for 16 years.
Proud mum and community champion
Brayden's proud mum Joanne said: "We've been shopping at Asda for years; it's our local store. The competition that Brayden won was a photo shoot that Asda were doing with the local newspaper. I was surprised that he won as there were quite a few kids that had been entered. We won a trophy, a large canvas print and a voucher."
"We'd never actually talked about the baby competition before so if we hadn't found the cuttings, we'd have never known that Denver had been entered too."
Asda Coatbridge's community champion Ann Binks added: "When Brayden brought the cuttings in it was a real blast from the past. I remember those competitions well - I used to help the mums get organised with their babies and children."
