Voting for this year's Cute Kids competition opens today.

Pick up this week's Kent Messenger for six pages of pictures of all the children who took part in our sittings with The Photography Company at The Mall, Maidstone.

A number of prizes are up for grabs, with the winner receiving a £400 gift card from The Mall, and a canvas portrait.

There’s a £100 Mall gift card and a canvas portrait for the child who comes second and for third place there’s a £50 Mall gift card and a smaller canvas portrait.

There is also a fourth place prize of a 12" bx 10" canvas portrait.

All details of how to vote, and full terms and conditions, are included in today's copy of the Kent Messenger.

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