And the winner is, Jasmine Lowey.

The I Love Colwood Selfie Contest has its grand prize winner. LoweyB次元官网网址檚 windswept hair and quaint smile, with the Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site in the background, was judged best among all entries and secured her an iPad.

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B次元官网网址淚t was a great success, with thousands of votes on (the) images that were submitted. And we now have all those gorgeous smiling faces on display along the hallway at City Hall.B次元官网网址�

University of Victoria graduate LoweyB次元官网网址檚 self portrait or B次元官网网址渟elfie,B次元官网网址� accompanied by the words B次元官网网址淓xploring the Fisgard lighthouse on a windy day,B次元官网网址� beat out 81 other candidates featuring more than a dozen locations across Colwood from the Hatley Memorial Gardens, the Esquimalt Lagoon, Hatley Castle and a number of other parks across the municipality.

Five weekly winners won $20 gift cards for a variety of local businesses. The grand prize winner was selected from a group of 15 entries by Hamilton and ColwoodB次元官网网址檚 chief administrative officer James Moller.

The rules stated the photographs had to be taken in Colwood, be a selfie with one or more faces and convey a positive energy and make you smile.

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