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Shannen Headley & Ashley Summerfield

Instagram model, 10, with 'biggest heart' raises £1,000 for children's hospital by making bags for local community

A ten-year-old Instagram model raised £1,000 for charity by making and delivering 400 bags to the local community during the pandemic.

Lopez Ramos-Jardine, from Leicester, decided to make the bags to help people feel "a little less lonely in these hard times".

She was inspired by a post on Tommy Mallet's Instagram account and went on to raise £1,000 for Leicester Children's hospital.

The model turned influencer who won Leicestershire Live's baby of the year when she was four-years old has since auditioned for a Netflix film and vows to one day be on the Great British Bake Off.

Lopez's Instagram account was created in 2018 and is managed by her mum, Claire Jardine.

Claire entered her daughter into a competition to find models for clothing brands in 2019, where she was one of five winners, reports Leicestershire Live.

The 45-year-old said: "She first saw the idea on Tommy Mallet's Instagram account during the pandemic. She saw how happy he was receiving them from someone and decided to make them too.

"Initially we were just going to give it to family members. But then it was her idea to randomly post them through people's doors to help them feel a little less lonely in these hard times.

"But later on she found a micky mouse outfit in the attic and decided to sell the bags for £2.50 each so we could donate the money to charity.

Lopez, who has taken part part in Leicester Fashion Week, goes to acting class and singing class during the week, to help fulfil her dream of becoming an actor.

Claire said: "She's got the biggest heart and wanted to do something kind. We've visited Loros and Rainbow so far and she specifically wanted the money to go to all the children's wards in Leicester."

To visit Lopez's Instagram account click here.

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