Michelle's the best dressed

The 2009 Best Dressed Lady competition came to a close last Saturday night in Club S/Auld Shebeen, Moate. A total of 16 Ladies made it through to the final. The panel of five judges had a very difficult job to sort out the top four. The first prize went to Michelle Crossan with the runner-up award going to Ellen McCann. The other ladies who made it to the final four were Deirdre Walsh and Emer Connell. The judges were Edel O'Connor (former Westmeath Rose of Tralee), Aine Fitzpatrick (Miss Club S), Shirley Delahunt (Marketing manager of the Athlone Towncentre), Sharon Touhey (Runner-up in RTE's Search for a model) and Dr Mary Helen Hensley (author of the book 'Promised' which was launched last July.