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Here they are!  The winners from this year's Amazing Kids! Plush Toy Design Contest! 

For all of you who entered the contest, you can be very proud!  It was very, very difficult to select the winners, since there were so many excellent entries!  We wish we could have given everyone a prize!  We received nearly double the number of entries as last year, and the quality of the designs were outstanding!

Winners will receive several styles of Beanie toys from Ty, Inc.!  The grand prize winner will also get a $1,000 scholarship and a chance to work with a professional toy inventor, Wayne Fromm, as her or his mentor!  Wayne has invented toys for companies like Disney, Nestle, and Hasbro.  Check out his amazing biography to learn more about him!

Winners, by age categories:  (Click on the names below to see the winning designs!)

• 6-7:  Sarah Cooperman, age 6, Chester Spring, Pennsylvania; "Guinderella," a princess Guinea pig; comes with a variety of "Cinderella" princess costumes
• 8-9:  Kelsey-Claire Gallagher, age 8, Sykesville, Maryland; "Guardian Angel Baby," an angel cat that comes with personalized accessories
• 10-11:  Mariam Ali Al-Arai, age 10, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; "Sticky," a wall-mountable gecko and photo holder
• 12-13:  Jessica Barack, age 12, Vancouver, Washington; "Ruby Rose," a plush poodle with costumes and accessories
• 14-15:  Chelsey Scheffe, age 14, Bellingham, Washington; "Jelleto, the C.D. Jellyfish," a jellyfish and C.D. holder
• 16-17:   A Tie!!
• Erin Brosey, age 17, Knoxville, Tennessee; "Herman the Hippo," a fuzzy soft hippopotamus
• Sabella Ngo, age 16, Gaithersburg, Maryland; "Midnight, the Night Guardian," a glow-in-the-art fairy cat
• Honorable mention:  Chua Tin Giap, age 16, Kuala Lampur; "Hippomelon," a hot-water bottle hippo with a fantastical carousel/umbrella hat
  

• Chloe Scheffe, age 14, Bellingham, Washington; "Rusty," the hammerhead body pillow!!!
  

The grand prize winner will also receive a box of Beanies, a $1,000 scholarship, and a chance to be mentored by a professional toy designer for a year!

Founded in 1986 by Ty Warner, creator of the wildly popular Beanie Babies^®, Ty (http://www.ty.com/) 
is the leader in plush toys. In addition to Punkies^TM, Pluffies^TM, Teenie Beanie Boppers^TM and Beanie Babies^®, the company's product line includes: Beanie Kids^TM, Beanie Buddies^TM, Attic Treasures^TM, Classic^TM, Baby Ty^TM and Beanie Boppers^TM. The red Ty heart logo^®, recognized around the world, can be found on all Ty products available at finer specialty gift retailers. You can visit Ty on the Internet at http://www.ty.com/.

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