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The judges’ scorecards have been tallied, the nearly 85,000 online votes have been counted, and Florida Hospital has found the seven cuties that will be featured in its upcoming advertising and special events.  Nearly 800 cuties, from as far away as Jacksonville and Davenport, turned out for the first-ever Florida Hospital Cutie Casting Call on April 26 and April 27 at Florida Hospital at Winter Park and Florida Hospital at Altamonte. 

Today, the two highest scoring cuties in each age category (newborn to 12 months, 13 months to 3 years, and 4 to 6 years), along with the People’s Choice Cutie, who received more than 12,000 online votes, were honored at a celebration party at Florida Children’s Hospital at Florida Hospital Orlando.  The little cuties received gold-plated Florida Hospital medals and posed for their very first pictures.

“Everyone always told me that my daughter was beautiful and that she had such a great temperament, so I thought why not take a chance?  I’m so glad that I participated and that Sophia was chosen as one of the cuties,” said Rachel Lombardi whose daughter Sophia was one of the highest scoring cuties in the newborn to 12 months category.

The inaugural Florida Hospital Cuties in each category are:

• Newborn -12 months:  Sophia Lombardi – 5 months old;  Annaliese Trout – 7 months old
• 13 months – 3 years:  Major Borack – 3 years old;  Joseph Ortiz – 3 years old
• 4-6 years:  Brazyl Blake – 4 years old;  Trinidy Parker – 4 years old; 
• People’s Choice:  Kylee Escoffery – 10 months old

“All of the cuties who came out for the first-ever Florida Hospital Cutie Casting Call are winners in our book.  Instead of using models for our Florida Hospital and Florida Children’s Hospital advertising, we wanted to find real kids who are representative of our great community.  We are thrilled that the seven highest scoring cuties will be our little ambassadors.  We never imagined that we would have such a huge turnout, but we are so glad to have met all of the families who participated,” said Marla Silliman, administrator of Florida Children’s Hospital at Florida Hospital.

The cuties were scored by a panel of local celebrity judges including Miss Florida, Miss Orlando, local mayors, slugger Ken Griffey Jr.’s mom Birdie Griffey, news personalities and general managers, community leaders, and other Central Florida notables.  The People’s Choice Award was given to the cutie with the highest number of online votes.

To see all of the cuties who participated, go to www.floridahospital.com and click on the cutie icon.