The Festival Leisure Park Basildon Essex SS14 3WB Modelsearch returns on Saturday, 1 and Sunday, 2 September. Those who would like a chance to pout and pose for the cameras and strut the catwalk should apply now!

The competition is free to enter and open to those aged four and upwards of both genders and the closing date is Monday, 20 August. Initially potential models will be invited to the heats taking place on Saturday, 1st of September. From this, the contestants with the most potential, will be selected for the finals on Sunday, 2nd of September when the overall winners will be selected. Could you be our next success story?

"Male modeling is a career that is on the rise and this year, we are especially keen to enlist more boys and men for the competition says Tessa Harrison, Sandra Reynolds Model Agency.

“Get noticed. Don't wait to be discovered. Register with the competition this year and see if they think you've got what it takes”’ says Sharon Obee, Truly Scrumptious Child Model Agency.

Truly Scrumptious Child Model Agency will be scouting and awarding prizes in the 4 to 15 year old categories and Sandra Reynolds Model Agency will be scouting and awarding test photoshoots in the 16 years and over Adults category. Also, Len Dance Designer Images & POSE, based in Leigh on Sea, will be awarding each winner a photography package worth £800 each. This year each and every entrant will also receive a free £125 family voucher.

Previous winners and others who were scouted, have worked on campaigns for companies including H&M, M&S, Littlewoods, Next, Asda, Canon, Head & Shoulders, Kraft Dairylea promotion, Dora the Explorer magazine, French Connection autumn/winter, Vogue Bambini, Kenco coffee commercial, Waitrose and Hasbro.

All successful entrants will be written to by Wednesday, 29 August with the finer details for the heats.

“We are keen to get as many of you in front of the agencies as possible this year. If any of your friends or relatives, boys or girls/men or women, wish to enter, please let them know”, concluded Sharon Bunyan.

So send your photos in and see where it leads!