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Kerry: Celeb Mum Of Year

Kerry Katona has been crowned Celebrity Mum of the Year for the second time.

The 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here' star pipped Natasha Hamilton and Melanie Sykes to win the gong.

Victoria Beckham, Gail Porter and Ulrika Johnson - last year's winner - were also contenders.

Mother-of-two Kerry, 24, said: "For the first time in my life I'm truly gobsmacked. I'm so chuffed to receive this award."

The former Atomic Kitten, previously married to ex-Westlifer Brian McFadden, added: "Molly and Lilly will be so proud of their Mummy".

A spokesman for Quality Street, who awarded the gong, said: "Kerry is a loving and doting mother during a difficult time in her life.

"Even in the glare of the media spotlight, Kerry has maintained that her main priority is and always will be that of her children."

At one point, the Queen was hot favourite to win the award because of the way she has dealt with the ups and downs of her children.

The top 10 were:

1. Kerry Katona 2. Natasha Hamilton 3. Melanie Sykes 4. HRH The Queen 5. Victoria Beckham 6. Donna Air 7. Ulrika Johnson 8. Catherine Zeta Jones 9. Gail Porter 10. Jules OliverSun

KERRY: I WANT MORE BABIES

UPBEAT star Kerry Katona wants to have a baby with her new man, The People can reveal.

The ex-Atomic Kitten's plan is part of a remarkable change in her life since she plunged into depression last year following her split with pop star husband Brian McFadden.

In an exclusive interview with The People Kerry, 24, told how she...

HAS FOUND love with a former childhood sweetheart.

HOPES to produce a brother for her little daughters Molly and Lilly-Sue.

HAS QUIT the rat-race in London and moved back to her roots and sanity in the North.

The I'm A Celebrity star, speaking after winning Quality Street's Celebrity Mum Of The Year title for the second time, said: "I'm very happy and I'd love to have a little brother for Molly and Lilly."

Kerry spent a few days in the London Priory rehab clinic before Christmas.

She said: "I did get a bit selfish and got caught up with the whole Priory thing.

"But you have to pull yourself together and think 'It's not about me, it's the kids. That's what I've got to be strong for'."

Kerry has moved back to her home-town Warrington in Cheshire and has fallen for a former childhood sweetheart, Dave Cunningham. She said: "It's good to be back. Warrington is my home now. I associate London with work."

Dave, a painter, helps her look after Molly, three, and 20-month-old Lilly-Sue.

Kerry - who was bitterly upset when she heard ex-Westlife star Brian was romancing Aussie singer Delta Goodrem - said: "I'm very happy at the moment.

"When it comes to a man in my life, it's not about what they are or what they do.

"The most important thing for me is that any new man gets on with my kids."

But Kerry, planning a new career as an actress, laughed: "Give me a chance with the baby, I'm not even divorced yet!"Sundaypeople

8 Apr 2005

CRIPES! Little Molly and Lilly have grown up fast. One of them looks about 40-odd and the other is holding a champagne flute.


Bosom buddies

Last time we saw the little McPaddings, they were being carted over from Ireland to live in sun-kissed Warrington with their mum, Kerry.

Who says trauma doesn’t do funny things to people. But at least their sudden growth spurt has one happy side-effect: Kerry looks slimmer and younger than ever.

She is also browner of hair, and is now blessed with a grin that has made Tony Blair a household name. It’s as if every one of her teeth has an agent of their own as they fight each other to get noticed.

Of course, they don’t stand a chance - they have to compete with Kerry. And she’s pulling out all the stops, and pulling on the bra tops and the bikini briefs, posing for the cameras in no fewer than five different swimsuits.

And what’s more, Kerry’s got a new pose. Having caged her usual sticking-out tongue behind her auditioning teeth, Kerry has taken to standing with her hands on her hips.

She does this lots. Although in one mad moment of insane spontaneity, she does throw her hands in the air. Sadly, she forgets to unbend them, and this gives her the appearance of a bikini-clad labourer holding aloft an imaginary ladder.

But she is what she is. But Molly and Lilly are not what we first feared they were. They are a certain Lisa and Joanne, Kerry’s bestest mate and half-sister, respectively.

Hey, come on, it was an easy mistake to make. Kerry is Celebrity Mum of the Year, and the very least we expected when she went on holiday to Cyprus was that the nippers would be there too...

Paul Sorene is the Anorak