A NORTH-EAST woman famed for her impressive bras, is through to the final stages of a national fashion competition.

Sadie Ayton, otherwise known as Sadie the Bra Lady, has been chosen to go through to the last six of the Drapers Record 2000 awards in the lingerie category.

Consett's 63-year-old former beauty queen earned her name by helping women to find their perfect fit in bras.

She claims that eight out of ten conventional bras do not fit.

Sadie, who owns lingerie shops in Consett, Fulwell, in Sunderland, and Ashington, in Northumberland, could go through to compete in the national finals, at London's Natural History Museum, next month