ASPIRING models are through to the next stage of a competition to become the face of an Oxford fashion boutique.

Booty clothing, in St Aldate’s, is on the hunt for a new representative, who will appear in catwalk shows and in its advertisements.

They have now whittled the number of candidates down from the 30 who first auditioned to a field of 10.

Owner Louise Trueman said: “They’re all local girls. We have got a really lovely group aged from 15 to 23.”

The finalists will model at the Talent Rocks talent show at the Kassam Stadium tomorrow. The winner will be decided by a panel of judges and announced on Friday, June 17.

Finalist Paris Richardson, 15, pictured second right, a pupil at Faringdon Community College, said: “I love fashion and everything to do with it, but I was really shocked to be picked.”

Also pictured are, from left, fellow contestants Shannon Brennan, Emily Jade Hadfield, Ashley Sofiyani, Francesca Cascone and Catherine Kenny, with make-up artist Corrine Underwood, third right.