TEENAGER Zvinaiya Samunyai proved she is a cut above the rest after her hairdressing skills earned her the title of Student of the Year.
The 16-year-old, from Chell Heath, pictured above, beat hundreds of other young people to clinch the award at Stoke-on-Trent College yesterday.
It was handed out as part of a 'graduation' ceremony for school pupils who have been spending a day a week at college doing vocational courses.
The 15 and 16-year-olds, drawn from 28 schools across North Staffordshire and South Cheshire, have been learning everything from engineering through to the performing arts and health and social care.
Zvinaiya, a pupil at Tunstall's Cooperative Academy at Brownhills, said: "I'm so excited to have won this award. I can't believe it.
"I've been doing the level one hairdressing course for the last two years and it's covered things like colouring, cutting, perms, and straightening. I can do pretty much anything now and I've enjoyed every bit of it."
Now Zvinaiya has set her sights on pursuing hairdressing as a career.
Stoke City star Mama Sidibe and Port Vale chairman Bill Bratt, pictured below, presented the certificates at yesterday's ceremony at the college's Burslem campus.
They included honours for doing well in individual subjects, effort and progress, and for 100 per cent attendance.
A group of young people also picked up an award for overcoming hardship and adversity after having to leave their native countries to start afresh in Staffordshire.
Most of these young people arrived knowing little or no English, but have achieved success in their studies.
Also honoured was the Outstanding Group of the Year, which went to 14 lads from a BTEC first diploma young apprentice programme in construction.
Kamil Abratanski, from Bentilee, said: "It feels great to win this. It feels really special. I think what made us stand out was the team spirit within the group. I've enjoyed learning painting and decorating the most."
The 16-year-old, who is a pupil at St Thomas More Catholic College, in Longton, has already put his skills to good use.
"We are decorating at home at the moment," he added.
Sixteen-year-old Jack Lindop, from Waterhayes, was also part of the outstanding group.
The Wolstanton High pupil said: "We've had quite good morale and I think that's what has made the difference."
The ceremony was the 10th annual graduation event for pupils from the school partnerships' pre-16 programme. More than 400 young people have been doing the courses this year.
Kay Phillips, school partnerships development officer at the college, said: "It is an excellent opportunity to congratulate the young people on all their hard work and efforts."
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