By Melissa Walsh
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here could not be a more deserving winner of “Miss Personality” than peninsula girl, Elyce Vandersluys, who took out the Miss Supercars Australia category last year. For the bubbly blonde, who applied because she loves cars and promotional work, the title is one very close to her heart as she has always been a pocket dynamo, following her dreams from a young age.
“I never really knew what I wanted to do when I left school but I started out doing promotional work and loved it. It was then I moved to London at the age of 22, even though I had never lived out of home before,” said Elyce. “I thought it was warm in England and didn't even take a jacket.” With a plan to stay just six months and then fly back to Australia, life took another direction and soon the Somerville girl was travelling to countries on weekends and working for a talent agency doing a show on ITV2.
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“It’s funny when I look back. I got there with no job, nowhere to stay and knew no one, but luckily a friend I worked with in Melbourne contacted me and asked me to share a room in London. Of course I accepted and that was the best decision I could have made,” said Elyce. “Within a week I got a job as a barista at the bottom of the Endomol Building although I didn’t even know what Endomol was. I ended up working at the cafe for about eight months and met some great people who worked upstairs. Next thing I knew I was working on the third floor on a casting team for a show called " The Almost Impossible Gameshow”. That was five years ago and since then life has taken off in leaps and bounds. For this 27 year old is now in the top five of Miss Supercars Australia, and runs two successful businesses on the peninsula. “After working on different shows and getting back into promotional work for Azure Promotions like the Adidas