The waiting is finally over - this week we publish the photos of youngsters who entered our Cute Kids’ competition.

Last month our photographer was at the Forum shopping centre picturing 79 gorgeous girls and bonny boys.

The Sittingbourne News Extra / Sittingbourne Messenger has teamed-up with the Forum and Starlight Studios to run this competition.

There is a cash pot prize of £500 plus other great rewards. The winner will receive £300 and second and third places will receive £100 each.

The winner also takes home a 20"x16" canvas frame valued at £250.

The runner-up wins cash plus a 16"x12" canvas while third place gets money and a 12"x10" canvas.

All 79 pictures will appear in the papers this week - the Sittingbourne News Extra on Wednesday and the Sittingbourne Messenger on Friday.

Now it is over to you to vote for the child from the paper you think is the cutest of the lot.

Voting is easy. Text KID, leave a space, add the reference code, your name and postcode and send to 87474 (e.g KID 027 John Smith ME12 1NL).

All votes cost £1 plus your standard network charge and you can vote as many times as you like. You will receive a text back confirming each message received.

There will be no coupons to collect from the paper - voting will be done entirely by text.

Voting closes at 11.59pm on Monday, June 25.

If you have any questions, please call the newsroom on 01795 580300.