BEAMING Angela Rew almost grinned her way to becoming the new face of a pizza company.

The mother-of-two was hoping her smirking face would win the regional heats of a competition for a model for Goodfella's new advertising campaign.

If successful, her face would have gazed from billboards across the country advertising Goodfella's Deeply Delicious Pizza.

Angela, of Olive Grove, Pinehurst, entered the contest at Eastbourne Air Show, along with hundreds of other pizza lovers.

Although she was pipped to the winning post, Angela still went home with a T-shirt and a week's supply of pizza.

The two eventual winners will get £2,500 each and spend a weekend being pampered like models during a photo shoot for the posters.

The Goodfella's road show is touring across the UK this summer to find the country's two best smiles.