A photogenic five-year-old has won a national baby of the year competition for the second year running.

Cherubic Ella Nathan, from Saltdean, Brighton, won the Lloyds Pharmacy Baby of the Year Competition after she posed in a "princess" outfit.

She won the same competition, which attracted more than 6,000 entrants, last year.

Mum Ruth Nathan said: "This year I had a baby so I though I would enter her for the competition. I entered Ella as well. I am really proud and I am totally delighted.

"She won a pack of goodies like baby shampoo and luxury bath stuff. She also won a camera."

Organisers of the competition were astounded the same child could win two years in a row, despite there being different judges.

Mrs Nathan said Ella had been very excited since winning and wanted to model when she was older.

"She said she now wants to be a model but we are trying to stop it going to her head."