Our Woman of the Year superstar, Penny Melly, who lost a fabulous 10st 7.5lbs to scoop the title, appeared on GMTV on Wednesday morning and looked amazing!  She then went to the Ritz in London for a photo call which resulted in her featuring in yesterday's The Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Star! 

You can read all about her and watch a video online on the Daily Mail website, The Sun, Daily Mirror, The Scotsman, Channel 4 News, AOL, Virgin Media, Teletext, MSN, Pruhealth and Fenland Today! Penny’s also appeared on BBC Essex Breakfast radio and Essex FM. And you can watch our super slideshow - celebrating competition winners from all over the country - right here.

Saturday 8th November saw the gorgeous and the glamorous gather at the ICC in Birmingham for the highlight of our Slimming World calendar, our annual awards ceremony.  This year’s host, alongside Margaret, was the delicious John Barrowman, who wowed the crowds with his charm and his singing ability, giving an impromptu performance of his new single.  The event celebrated the amazing achievements of our title winners throughout the year and introduced the 10 national finalists for Slimming World’s Woman of the Year competition 2008.

This year we were thrilled to have Women of the Year from all 4 corners of the UK:

• Woman of the Year for England: Penny Melly from the Westcliff on Sea group, who lost a fantastic 10st 7½lb with the support of her Consultant Pat Blake

• Woman of the Year for Ireland: Sinead Carlin who is a super 5st 9lb lighter thanks to the help from the Derry group and Consultant Clare McDaid 

• Woman of the Year for Scotland: Nancy Allan from the Bo’ness group, with an amazing weight loss of 10st 13½lb, helped by Consultant Joan Paterson

• Woman of the Year for Wales: Eileen McConnell from the Colwyn Bay group, who's celebrating a fabulous 9st 7lb weight loss with Consultant Debbie Vaughan

However there can only be one overall winner and the title of Slimming World’s Woman of the Year and after a nail-biting wait, the £5000 prize went to...

Penny Melly!
You can read Penny's story right here.

Congratulations to all our Woman of the Year superstars, and we'll bring you more news about Penny's success over the next few days.

Last Tuesday Slimming World's Greatest Loser awards ceremony was held, recognising the amazing achievements of our members who have lost the most weight. Between our ten finalists they have lost a staggering 154 stone 4lb! 

The event was held at the Kensington Roof Gardens and was also attended by journalists, health professionals and our very own Slimming World stars from our previous competitions, including Woman of the Year 2007 Stephanie Burgess, Graham Clough our Man of the Year from 2001 and many, many more.

The winner of Greatest Loser 2008 is Roberto Enrieu who attends Jane Smith’s Whitley group in Coventry. Roberto has lost an amazing 22 stone 12lb since joining Slimming World in May 2006. He was presented with a prize of £3000 from Caryl Richards, Slimming World's Managing Director, and Julie Jones (last year’s Greatest Loser) along with his Consultant Jane.

Roberto also featured on Tuesday's ‘The One Show’ (available on iPlayer) and you can also see him on the GMTV website!  Visit Slimming World's website again on Monday to read Roberto's amazing story of weight loss success.

 

Slimming World’s Greatest Loser 2008 will be revealed today at a dazzling lunchtime event at Kensington's Rooftop Gardens, London.  The competition is open to members of Slimming World groups from across the UK and is awarded to the entrant with the greatest weight loss, provided some of that weight loss has occurred within the last 12 months with Slimming World.

And, although we can't yet reveal our fabulous winner, tune in to BBC1's  One Show tonight at 7pm to hear their amazing story of weight loss success or visit our blog tomorrow to discover more!