A TODDLER from Northallerton has taken his first steps into a career in front of the camera following a nationwide search for the UK’s next tot model.

Drew-Luca Mills, aged 16-months, was chosen from more than 300 entries to showcase Charles Clinkard’s footwear range for young children.

The North-East family footwear retailer invited parents and carers to send in fun snaps of their tots in their first shoes and Drew-Luca was chosen as one of the winners alongside 17-month-old Arianna Brand from Darwen, Lancashire.

The pair were invited along to Clinkard’s HQ in Middlesbrough with their parents for a photoshoot that will see their faces - and feet - on the company’s new national advertising campaign.

As well as staring in the campaign, they have also won free shoes for a year.

Drew-Luca’s proud mum, Lucy Schiller, 27, said: “Lots of people comment on his hair - people in the street will say ‘look at those curls’ so when I spotted the competition on Facebook, I thought it would be fun to enter.”